 As an illustrator, Lovegrove has executed design and poster work for Flying Pig Systems, makers of the Wholehog range of lighting control products, and drew the pictures for the Echo Beach line of postcards and T-shirts.He has contributed reviews and journalism to magazines such as "The Literary Review", "Interzone", "BBC MindGames Magazine" and "Comic Heroes", and has set cryptic crosswords to the weekend section of "The Independent".Starting in 2007, he became a regular reviewer of fiction for the "Financial Times", concentrating primarily on SF and children's fiction.