I was born in Whittlesey, a small town in the English fens. I trained to be a photographer and worked as such for a few years. I became disillusioned with the degree of influence a photographer had so I decided to move into marketing. At the peak of my career I was the Vice President of Marketing for Olivetti based in Ivrea Italy. I also worked for some years in Paris and Stockholm where I met and married a Swedish lady. We moved to our summer house in Skillinge, Österlen, to live permanently in 2001. I ran a consultancy, wrote some books and then decided on a career change and trained to be a nurse,  working in a local old people’s home.

In my retirement I have divorced, remarried, returned to photography, continue to write and have also started to play golf badly.