Tessa Ditner was educated at the French Lycee in South Kensington, London. She went on to do three years of philosophy at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. She received an MA Hons. in Creative and Professional Writing from Roehampton University where she discovered her fascination for non-fiction and literary journalism because of it's noseyness. She is the contributing editor of Skin Two Magazine and writes for Sport Diving Magazine, Theatre Bubble, Playgirl UK and Decanter online. She is one of the primate editors for the African Journal of Ecology, always recommending further research over euthanasia.

Tessa lives in London where she reviews plays and art shows under the pseudonym Culture Kiddo, but is often in Paris gawping at Toulouse-Lautrecs or in Alsace eating choucroute.

Covers of magazines Tessa has worked on including: Skin Two, Latextra, Sport Diving and Playgirl UK


Writing C.V.

2012

World Literature Today (out in the USA in May 2012) "London and the Grotesque." Literary Journalism

Skin Two Magazine as Contributing Editor - Tessa Ditner’s Column “Rise of the Barbie Doms. Tessa prefers the smell of latex to Chanel n5” + Interview with Abigail Greydanus of Los Angeles [skintwo.com]

Culture Kiddo Blog and Twitter including "Art Erotica Review at Cork Street Open Exhibition". "Finger in the Pie's 5th Birthday Party with grub by Blanch and Shock" . "Vintage Erotica at ArtWank! curated by Ophelia Bitz" + Reading Diary [tessaditner.blogspot.com]

2011

Decanter Magazine  "Duchess of Cornwall to be Figurehead of English Wine" + World Wine Award Quizzes: Alsace, Chardonnay, Champagne and Australia Quiz + "French Laundry Pops up in London" + "Obituary: Enrique Former of Marques de Caceres" [decanter.com]

Skin Two Magazine as Contributing Editor - Tessa Ditner’s Column “Men are thieving our Corsets. Tessa unlaces male corset lust” + Interview with Stuart Thom, creator of Ainsley-T shoes Milan + Interview with Louis Fleischauer of AMF Korsets Berlin + “The Erotic Chair” + Book review of “Concertina, The Life and Loves of a Dominatrix” by Susan Winemaker [skintwo.com]

Latextra Magazine “Notting Hill”, "Launch of Skin Two Magazine Issue 61" [skintwo.com]

Theatre Bubble Theatre Reviews “The People Pile Studio Event” by The People Pile at London Studio Centre + “Scented” by Darkbloom Theatre at the Frameless Gallery + “Paper Wings” by the Beehive Theatre Company at The Space + “Public Interest” by Clever by Clever at the New Diorama Theatre + “Cause Célèbre” at the Old Vic + “The Biting Point” at Theatre 503 + “Du Goudron et des Plumes” at the Barbican, Kojo at Soho Theatre + “Orpheus in the Underworld” by the Royal College of Music at the Britten Theatre + “Madame Bovary” at The Rosemary Branch Theatre,  [theatrenetwork.org]

Culture Kiddo Blog and Twitter "The Arvon Foundation & writing the novel" + “Picture not so Perfect” Paul Cree at Stop the Traffik conference + M3NSA at Momo’s + Loulou von Brochwitz interview + Review Nuit Demonia at The Moulin Rouge Paris + The Reading Diary and guide for writers [tessaditner.blogspot.com]

Playgirl Magazine UK “James Haskell naked on the roof” + Les Dieux du Stade (French Rugby Team strips off) + “Walking with the Wounded, Private JacoVan Gass on why he’s not taking a gold fish to the North Pole” + Interview with Lemar + Q&A with Aita Ighodaro author of Sin Tropez + Interview with Victoria Fox author of Hollywood Sinners + News features including: “A Rebel’s Career Path” and “Helen’s Typhoon” [playgirlworld.co.uk]

InPublishing “Why we launched Playgirl in the UK” [inpublishing.co.uk]

2010   

Sport Diving Magazine “The Coral Rangers. Mauritius Oceanography Institute” [divetheblue.net]

London Alternative Fringe Festival Daily Blog covering the whole festival, blog entries include Azerbaijani House, Proud Cabaret, Tara Arts, Madame Jojos, Carnivalesque, Seven Dials Clubs, Soho Theatre and Volupte Lounge [alternativefringe.com]

Skin Two Online “Christmas Cranberries, Ainsley-Ts and a wooden spoon” commissioned erotic fiction [skintwo.com]

Culture Kiddo Blogging and Twitter “Carly Blackburn’s Top 5 Dance Companies” + “I’m not a politician! Says drag queen Lilley White” + Review of Art Show: Vanitas: The Transience of Earthly Pleasure at 33 Portland Place, London.[tessaditner.blogspot.com]

2009

The British Institute of Humour Studies Conference “Grotesque Laughter since the Death of God” [surrey.ac.uk/english/humour]

International Association for Literary Journalism “Eating your way to homesickness” [ialjs.org]

A21 Disciples “The Other Face of Freedom” anti-human traffic story images, words by Danielle Shaw [thea21campaign.org/]

The African Journal of Ecology editorial (primate section) [blackwellpublishing.com]

Quintessentially Magazine “Impure London”