Law began his career as a reporter on Woodrow Wyatt’s group of provincial papers before moving to London to work as a show business press agent for Theo Cowan representing major performers, producers and writers in film, theatre, television and music.
[1] Law created and launched The First Post after being asked by a group of private investors led by the late Martin Finegold to create a publication for the UK and US which ranged from non-partisan comment pieces on international politics and social affairs through arts and sport to viral gags and animation.
In 2007 the site was singled out for special commendation in the Best Editorial Team category of the 2007 Awards given by the Association of Online Publishers.
The venture was bought by Felix Dennis in 2008[2] but Mark Law continued editing until the autumn of 2009.
He is the author of The Pyjama Game, A Journey Into Judo, published in June 2007 by The Quarto Group,[3] for which he was named as Best New Writer in the 2008 British Sports Book Awards.