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Dickon Edwards moved to St Leonards on Sea in 2024.
 
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| quote = My name is Richard Edwards. My friends and family call me Dickon, but these days I tend to proffer myself to strangers as Richard, in an attempt to be helpful.
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}}</ref> 3 September 1971), also known as '''Dickon Angel''', is a [[London]]-based [[indie pop]] musician and [[diarist]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/01/travis-elboroughs-top-10-literary-diarists Top Ten Literary Diarists] ''The Guardian.'' 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref> He was a founding member of the bands [[Orlando (band)|Orlando]] and [[Fosca (band)|Fosca]], and briefly played guitar in the band [[Spearmint (band)|Spearmint]].<ref>[http://tmcq.co.uk/interviews/dickon-edwards/ Dickon Edwards] ''The Minds Construction Quarterly.'' Winter 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.spearmint.net/spearmint.html A Spearmint Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073744/http://www.spearmint.net/spearmint.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Spearmint.net. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref>
}}</ref> 3 September 1971), also known as '''Dickon Angel''', is a [[St Leonards-on-Sea]]-based <ref>[https://www.dickonedwards.com/diary/index.php/archive/new-year-message-a-sussex-carol/] ''DickonEdwards.com'' 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2025.</ref> [[indie pop]] musician and [[diarist]]. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/01/travis-elboroughs-top-10-literary-diarists Top Ten Literary Diarists] ''The Guardian.'' 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref>  
 
He was a founding member of the bands [[Orlando (band)|Orlando]] and [[Fosca (band)|Fosca]], and briefly played guitar in the band [[Spearmint (band)|Spearmint]].<ref>[http://tmcq.co.uk/interviews/dickon-edwards/ Dickon Edwards] ''The Minds Construction Quarterly.'' Winter 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.spearmint.net/spearmint.html A Spearmint Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073744/http://www.spearmint.net/spearmint.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Spearmint.net. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref>


He has kept a blog called ''The Diary at the Centre of the Earth'' since 8 December 1997<ref>[http://www.dickonedwards.com/diary/ The Diary at the Centre of the Earth] Dickonedwards.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref> (predating the 1999 coining of the term "blog"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6794172|title=It's the links, stupid|newspaper=The Economist|date=April 20, 2006|accessdate=June 5, 2008}}</ref> - he terms it an "online diary"). Excerpts from the blog were included in Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison's ''A London Year''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JSokAQAAQBAJ&q=dickon%20edwards&pg=PA11 Introduction] ''A London Year''. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref> and in the follow-up title ''A Traveller's Year''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iAqaCgAAQBAJ&q=dickon+edwards&pg=PT564 Contributors] ''A Travellers Year''. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref>
He has kept a blog called ''The Diary at the Centre of the Earth'' since 8 December 1997<ref>[http://www.dickonedwards.com/diary/ The Diary at the Centre of the Earth] Dickonedwards.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref> (predating the 1999 coining of the term "blog"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6794172|title=It's the links, stupid|newspaper=The Economist|date=April 20, 2006|accessdate=June 5, 2008}}</ref> - he terms it an "online diary"). Excerpts from the blog were included in Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison's ''A London Year''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JSokAQAAQBAJ&q=dickon%20edwards&pg=PA11 Introduction] ''A London Year''. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref> and in the follow-up title ''A Traveller's Year''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iAqaCgAAQBAJ&q=dickon+edwards&pg=PT564 Contributors] ''A Travellers Year''. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.</ref>

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Dickon Edwards (born Richard Edwards;[1] 3 September 1971), also known as Dickon Angel, is a St Leonards-on-Sea-based [2] indie pop musician and diarist. [3]

He was a founding member of the bands Orlando and Fosca, and briefly played guitar in the band Spearmint.[4][5]

He has kept a blog called The Diary at the Centre of the Earth since 8 December 1997[6] (predating the 1999 coining of the term "blog"[7] - he terms it an "online diary"). Excerpts from the blog were included in Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison's A London Year[8] and in the follow-up title A Traveller's Year.[9]

In March 2008 he released a printed collection of lyrics titled The Portable Dickon Edwards, which was released in a limited edition alongside Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket album.[10]

In 2021, Edwards completed a PhD on Ronald Firbank and the Legacy of Camp Modernism at Birkbeck College, University of London.[11]

Personal life

Known for his dandy aesthetic,[12] Dickon has peroxide blonde hair and is often seen in a white, blue, or silver-grey three-piece suit, the silver-grey suit being a bequest from fellow London dandy Sebastian Horsley.[13] Edwards is a son of the quiltmaker and author Lynne Edwards MBE,[14] and the cartoonist Brian "Bib" Edwards.[15][16] His brother was the Adam Ant[17] guitarist, Tom Edwards.[18]

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  2. ↑ [1] DickonEdwards.com 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Top Ten Literary Diarists The Guardian. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Dickon Edwards The Minds Construction Quarterly. Winter 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ A Spearmint Biography Template:Webarchive Spearmint.net. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ↑ The Diary at the Centre of the Earth Dickonedwards.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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  8. ↑ Introduction A London Year. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Contributors A Travellers Year. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Press Release for Painted Side of the Rocket. Butisitart.org. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Dickon Edwards PhD Thesis final version. BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  12. ↑ I am Dandy has arrived! Lives of the Dandies. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Fix Up Look Sharp: Dickon Edwards Meets Turbonegro's English Gent The Quietus. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Bildeston - Former teacher lands honour for craftwork Template:Webarchive Suffolk Free Press. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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