My friend Patrick Kelly, who has died of cancer aged 68, was a press officer, journalist and author who wrote for many publications, including the Guardian, the Evening Standard in London and the Irish Times. He also co-founded, with me, the magazine Arts Industry, a monthly publication for those working in the cultural industries.
Born in Belfast, Patrick was one of the six children of Laurence, an office manager for a trade publisher, and Kathleen (nee Carey), a waitress. He went to St Malachy’s RC school in the city, and then studied history and politics at Warwick University, where he became involved in student politics, including a 1975 occupation of the institution’s senate building during a rent strike.
