Tim Burrows is a journalist and author who writes about culture and place for publications including the Guardian, Vice and the Quietus. A recurring subject in his work is Essex and the Thames Estuary. He plotted a course through Essex myth, from Towie to Dr Feelgood, in his joint essay project with Lee Rourke for Influx Press, Trying to Fit a Number to a Name. His first short story, Broadgate, is partly set on the Dengie Peninsula and is published in An Unreliable Guide to London, also on Influx.