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About Andy Martin (author)
- Andy Martin is a British author and academic.
- He is a regular contributor to BBC radio programmes and sometimes writes for "The Stone" and "Opinionator" columns in The New York Times.
- He has also written articles for the web broadcasting service SBS Broadcasting Group.
- He scripted and produced the short film "Once Upon a Time in New York" in collaboration with Moving Content and likewise "MML the Movie: Languages at Cambridge", directed by Will Frears with Norman Lomax.
- Both films feature original soundtracks by brothers Jack and Spencer Martin.
- He is the inventor of Becksistentialism ("Existentialism with a very cool haircut"), inspired by David Beckham's stint at Paris St Germain in 2013 and featured at Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas.
- His essay "The FBI Files on Being and Nothingness" was published by Prospect Magazine and based on a lecture given at the Maison française, Columbia University, New York, as part of its centenary celebrations.
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