Hello. Jude Rogers here, a feature writer and reviewer for The Guardian, the BBC, the Times, The Word Magazine, the New Statesman and Wire. Back in the dim and distant, I founded flag-waving women's website The Lipster, and co-founded a quarterly magazine-shaped love letter to the city in which I live, Smoke: A London Peculiar. I'm also a Mercury Music Prize judge, map-loving geek and tireless romantic who has been made a cup of tea by Robert Plant, shared a Pret salad with Bjork, had a proper barney with Ben Goldacre, shared croissants with David Mitchell, been serenaded by Randy Newman, and wasn't sure quite what to do when Cat Power had a wee in front of me. Wipe your feet on the way in, please, put the kettle on, or, if you'd rather, e-mail me here.