The Team

Glenn Fosbraey is the Head of English, Creative Writing, and American Studies at the University of Winchester. Before coming to Winchester in 2009, Glenn worked as a Copywriter and PR Officer. He is also the manager of Splendid Fred Records.

Glenn’s love for music ignited at the age of 13, and it was his obsession with The Beatles that encouraged him to pick up a guitar, which he has played to a very average standard ever since.

Glenn has published various books, chapters, and journal articles on the subject of song lyrics, including the book ‘Writing Song Lyrics’, which was published by Palgrave MacMillan.

In 2015, Glenn created Splendid Fred Records, opening up doors for students to express themselves creatively in a professional environment. Its successes include launching individual artists and bands, climate change events and album, and written work events (such as a poetry podcast).

Long-standing obsessions for Glenn include Morrissey, Tottenham Hotspur, and The Simpsons.

Jacob Wingate-Bishop: Editor

Jacob Wingate-Bishop is a Masters student at the University of Winchester, furthering an undergrad in Creative Writing. Jacob has a keen interest in heroic fantasy, as well as pursuing the journalistic; penning several articles for his school newspaper, and co-creating a short-lived publication at college.

Jacob chieflf writes album reviews for the Splended Fred e-zine. At the age of 16, Jacob remembers coming across AC/DC, which quickly became an obsession for many months. On his 17th birthday, he can fondly recall receiving four of their albums on CD, and here, a lifelong obssession for physical media was born.

From there, Jacob went down the retro rabbit hole, falling in love with the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, The Beatles, the Stones, Def Leppard and Queen. This, fused with motivation from his university course and an invitation to write a piece for the Splendid Fred online e-zine, prompted him to begin the writing for the magazine. Now he’s the editor. Not bad.

Jacob has also tried to write various books over the years, as well as learning guitar, in a keen attempt to combine his two passions: writing and music. To date, it has not been successful.

Long-standing obsessions for Jacob include Bowie, books, glam fashion and cats.

See the “About Us” page on more information about Splendid Fred Magazine.