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English/American Real Estate and media person based in [[Wisconsin]], USA, formerly a London real estate lawyer.

I enjoy creativity and my family. I have been a writer, radio broadcaster, photographer, and a newspaper editor. I was co-chairman of the erstwhile [Betty Boop]] Festival from 2010 to 2018, dedicated to helping boost my home town of [[Wisconsin Rapids]] by bringing in visitors, celebrating the work of one of its sons ([[Grim Natwick]], original top animator of Betty Boop), and educating children and adults in animation, art, and cartoon history. I have been on various non-profit boards including Wisconsin Rapids Children's Museum Inc., the Central Wisconsin Literacy Council, the CityOf Wisconsin Rapids's [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA]] Advisory Board, the Board Of Trustees of [[McMillan Memorial Library]] (past President), my [[ELCA]] church's Worship Board, and Friends Of Rapids Music. I am currently on the board of Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre (President), Central Networking (past President), and serve on the Wisconsin [[Realtor]]s' Association's committee for [[Diversity, equity, and inclusion|Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion]]. I am a member of Mid-State Poetry Towers, and River Cities 'Riters, and the [[Rotary International|Rotary Club]].

==Writing==
I started writing book reviews for my youth club's magazine ''Explorers Bulletin'', when I was a boy. My first paid writing was in around 1983, when I started writing music reviews and articles for ''Musicnet'', the music magazine of [[Prestel]]. I edited the Trent Players' magazine ''Trent News'', and wrote many articles for this. I have had reviews published by ''Celestial Toyroom'', ''Cybermag'', ''Outpost Gallifrey'' (an excerpt from which was featured in the Daily Express) and the BBC's own website. While studying for my MA, I edited the Birkbeck College magazine, [[Birkbeck_Students%27_Union#Lamp_and_Owl_Magazine|Lamp And Owl]], wrote some articles and contributed photographs. I have written many reviews for ''[[Amazon.com]]'', ''[[amazon.co.uk]]'', and the ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''. I have contributed many hours of writing and editing to ''[[Wikipedia]]'', and several articles for Axis magazine between 2004-2008, and had an article on the dreaded 'Home Information Packs' published by [[Solicitors Journal]] in 2008. I have written many articles for various news organisations and journalists, including political opinion, "how-to" guides, and reviews. I had a regular column "A Different View" in 100 issues of the Voice Of Wisconsin Rapids newspaper for four years and occasionally provided arts reviews and interviews for that paper. I also wrote political and other articles to order. I wrote scripts and directed video's made by Hearts Media and interviews for a Central Wisconsin news site ''Life At The Center''. I was founding and managing Editor of the [[Wisconsin_Rapids,_Wisconsin#Print_media|Wisconsin Rapids City-Times]] from 2013-2014.

==Photography==
I worked as a portrait photographer, and have had pictures published in local newspapers, maps, and over 3,750 on [https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/104670132175329796433/photos/@44.4612512,-89.8398432,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1?authuser=0&entry=ttu Google Earth], with over 60 million views. I have had many photographs in my city's weekly papers. My pictures have been used in nine election campaigns, company and church newsletters, real estate agents, the website for [[Fleischer Studios]], radio stations Y106.5 and Mix 96.7 and bands' Myspace and facebook pages. My pictures have been used by a London newspaper and a London radio station. I have also taken pictures on both a paid and voluntary basis for many local organisations and charities. In 2012 I came second in the "Best Photographer/Videographer" category in the People's Choice Of South Wood County awards. I taught photography for two terms at the outreach department of the [[University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point|University Of Wisconsin (at Stevens Point)]].

I started taking photographs when I was a child, and during a photography course aged 11 became fascinated with the photography of my London surroundings. I took a set of transparencies of North West London in 1978 of which I am very proud, including some of the [[Trellick Tower]] and [[Kensal Green Cemetery]].

I developed the digital process which produces 'reflectograms', a digital art made by capturing textures and colours and then reflecting them. My art is available on [http://www.fotosbyf.com Redbubble].

==Broadcasting==
In the 1980s, I ran and DJd on a pirate radio station "Radio Enfield" with a friend, playing mainly old music but also contemporary songs. I have also DJd for parties and clubs. From 2010 to 2013, I worked for [[WHTQ|Mix 96.7]] in Central Wisconsin where I had two shows at the weekends (Saturday 2-8 p.m. and Sunday 11a.m.-3p.m.) until December 2012 when the station closed and was replaced by Hot967.

==Qualifications==
First degree in [[English Literature]] from [[Birkbeck, University of London|Birkbeck]] College, [[University of London]] where I studied black British writing, post-colonial writing, Shakespeare, classical epic and [[science fiction|science-fiction]] under (among others) Professors [[Isobel Armstrong]] and [[Roger Luckhurst]], and an M.A. in History Of Film & Visual Media, also from Birkbeck, where I studied under Professors [[Laura Mulvey]] and [[Ian Christie (film scholar)|Ian Christie]]. My research report was on recovering our lost television heritage and my dissertation was on [[deaf]] people's access to television and film. My M.A. was presented to me by the late [[Eric Hobsbawm]]. I am a member of [[Convocation]] of the University, and was on my college's [[University Challenge]] team in 2001. I obtained my Wisconsin real estate licence in 2018 and my broker's licence in 2022, followed by the [[National Association of Realtors]]'s At Home With Diversity and Commitment To Excellence certifications (both 2022). I obtained my ABR (Accredited Buyer's Representative) designation, my LGBTQ+ Ally Certificate and my [[Dave Ramsey]] RamseyTrusted designation in 2024.

==Personal==
Married, living in Wisconsin, USA with my wife, son, and four step-children (some of whom have moved out in the manner of the characters in  ''[[No Place Like Home (TV series)]]''. I have my own [[Real estate agent|real estate brokerage]], serving central Wisconsin. I enjoy singing well and playing instruments badly. My brother is the "Wizard Of Wikipedia" [[User:Rich_Farmbrough]], one of the few humans to make over a million edits to Wikipedia. Distant cousin to the late Detroit Spinners member [[Henry Fambrough]], photographer/writer [[Florence Farmborough]], photographer [[William L. Fambrough]] and American [[Nigel Molesworth|foopball]] coach [[Don Fambrough]]. Descendant of [[James Flawn]] and the late Mayor and Sheriff of [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], [[List of mayors of Worcester|Edward Wall]].

==Wikipedia contributions==

While not being as prolific as my brother, I have made over 7,000 edits to Wikipedia since 2005. I had hoped to contribute photographs to Wikipedia, but their policy requiring me to give up ownership of my work, along with how it's enforced, has put me off.

I have created the following articles:
*[[Cory Kahaney]]
*[[William Stadiem]]
*[[Patricia Prior]]
*[[Blue Marble Jack Cheese]]
*[[Tenor Fly]]
*[[Stephen Garlick]]
*[[Teddy Green]]
*[[David Andrews (director)]]
*[[Philip Cranmer]]
*[[Sanne Wohlenberg]]
*[[Captain Gatso]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DavidFarmbrough/Joel_Goodness| Joel Goodness]
*[[Grim Natwick Film Festival]]
*[[Dance With The Shadows]]
*[[Mary Plain]]
*[[Jerry Schmitt]]
*[[Joanna Kirkland]]
*[[Stevie Riks]]
*[[Namekagon Lake]]
*[[Arthur Newall]]
*[[Sons Of The Sea]]
*[[Anthony Jackson (actor)]]
*[[The Young Ones]]
*[[Carry On Up the Jungle]]
*[[Pompidou]] Disambiguation page
*[[Struan Rodger]]
*[[silly ass sub-lieutenant]]
*[[Template: The Shadows]]
*[[Mark Ayres]]
*[[Dudley Simpson]]
*[[Peter-Hugo Daly]]
*[[Zoot Money]]
*[[Please Sir!]]
*[[Gary Barnacle]]
*[[Gary Tibbs]]
*[[Transfer deed]]
*[[Neil Mullarkey]]
*[[Telegraphic transfer]]
*[[Marvin Welch & Farrar]]
*[[Footlights President]] - also added Succession Box to each president and vice president's own article.
*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hilarious consequences|Hilarious consequences]] - now deleted - nobody understood the significance :-(
*[[Frank Williams (actor)]] re-written from stub
*[[Gina Hart]]
*[[Northern Rock Building Society]]
*[[Mingulay Boat Song]]
*[[Northumberland Avenue]]
*[[Coventry Street]]
*[[Fictional locations of British situation comedies]]
*[[Fresh Fields]] - a disgrace!
*[[Angela Cannings]] (re-written)
*[[Richard Davies (actor)]]
*[[Tomfoolery]]
*[[Safety-lamp]] (to help the 1911 Britannica project)
*[[Saint Edmundsbury]] (redirect to help the 1911 Britannica project)
*[[Get Some In!]]
*[[David Graham (actor)]]
*[[Peppa Pig]] (re-written)
*[[Robot dog]]
*[[David Sibley]]
*[[Michael Medwin]]
*[[The Army Game]]
*[[Carry On Nurse]]
*[[Whovian]]
*[[Carry On Sergeant]]
*[[Beth Porter]]
*[[Bishop Stopford's School At Enfield]]
*[[Peter Gilmore]]
*[[Tutte Lemkow]]
*[[Terence Hardiman]]
*[[The Face of Boe]]
*[[John Neville]]
*[[David Warwick]]
*[[Nat Gonella]]
*[[Breaking Glass]]
*[[Apache (song)|Apache (Tune)]] (merged)
*[[Brian Bennett]] (Re-written)
*[[Bruce Welch]]
*[[Billy Fury]] (substantial re-write)
*[[Deutz Geldermann]]
*[[Water (1985 film)]]
*[[List of contemporary comedians using blackface]]
*[[Bud Flanagan]]
*[[Chesney Allen]]
*[[Flanagan and Allen]]
*[[FWIW]]
*[[Little Napoleons]]
*[[Norman Beaton]]
*[[Derek Benfield]]
*[[List Of Robots In Doctor Who]]
*[[Trent Players]]
*[[Magic Tree]]
*[[Don MacLean]]
*[[The Sensorites]]
*[[Mervyn Pinfield]]
*[[Hunter Davies]]
*[[Crazy gang]]
*[[Cine film]]
*[[Face to Face (tv series)]]
*[[List of Doctor Who producers]]
*[[Raymond Cusick]]
*[[Ian McCulloch (Actor)]]
*[[Ian McCulloch]]
*[[The Shadows]]
*[[Conveyancer]]
*[[Henry Lincoln]]
*[[Jet Harris]]
*[[November 1963]]
*[[Talfryn Thomas]]
*[[Desmonds]]
*[[Norrie Paramor]]
*[[Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]]
*[[Baconsthorpe Castle]]
*[[Castle Rising Castle]]

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