She held a central role in founding three media companies: BBC Music Magazine, Channel 4 and The Independent.
Previously arts feature writer for the Evening Standard, Maddocks has also written for The Guardian and The Times.
Fiona Maddocks was born in London, studied English literature at Cambridge University and then attended the Royal College of Music.
[2] She stayed there until 2002, leaving due to the time commitments interfering with raising her children; she instead took a position as chief arts feature writer for the Evening Standard.
[1] Throughout her career, Maddocks had a central role in the founding of three media organizations, a TV station, Newspaper and Magazine.