Dickon Edwards | |
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Birth name | Richard Edwards [1] |
Also known as | Dickon Angel |
Born | 3 September 1971 |
Origin | Bildeston, Suffolk, England |
Genres | Indie pop |
Occupation(s) | Musician, Writer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Website | dickonedwards |
Dickon Edwards (born Richard Edwards; [1] 3 September 1971), also known as Dickon Angel, is a St Leonards-on-Sea-based [2] indie pop musician and diarist. [3]
He was a founding member of the bands Orlando and Fosca, and briefly played guitar in the band Spearmint. [4] [5]
He has kept a blog called The Diary at the Centre of the Earth since 8 December 1997 [6] (predating the 1999 coining of the term "blog" [7] - he terms it an "online diary"). Excerpts from the blog were included in Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison's A London Year [8] and in the follow-up title A Traveller's Year. [9]
In March 2008 he released a printed collection of lyrics titled The Portable Dickon Edwards, which was released in a limited edition alongside Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket album. [10]
In 2021, Edwards completed a PhD on Ronald Firbank and the Legacy of Camp Modernism at Birkbeck College, University of London. [11]
Known for his dandy aesthetic, [12] Dickon has peroxide blonde hair and is often seen in a white, blue, or silver-grey three-piece suit, the silver-grey suit being a bequest from fellow London dandy Sebastian Horsley. [13] Edwards is a son of the quiltmaker and author Lynne Edwards MBE, [14] and the cartoonist Brian "Bib" Edwards. [15] [16] His brother was the Adam Ant [17] guitarist, Tom Edwards. [18]
My name is Richard Edwards. My friends and family call me Dickon, but these days I tend to proffer myself to strangers as Richard, in an attempt to be helpful.