sentences:  He was a founding member of the New Puritans literary movement and co-edited (with Matt Thorne) the anthology "All Hail The New Puritans" (2000) which included contributions from Alex Garland, Toby Litt, Geoff Dyer, Daren King, Simon Lewis, and Scarlett Thomas.Blincoe was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1965.After briefly studying art at Middlesex Polytechnic he attended the University of Warwick where he studied Philosophy, gaining a PhD in 1993.