At one time, I was a Lecturer (later, Senior Lecturer) in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester.

Here is a summary of my academic career, September 1976 - February 1995.

I have also included a short summary of my academic books and other published papers.

I am currently writing a novel set in the Culture universe created by the late great Iain M. Banks called Impact Analysis.

I have also included other Culture Universe works, including my well-received short story Phrontisterion.

I am building up a few notes on recent events and interests. Some ramblings on my various interests and hobbies, past and present, can be viewed here.

My short story Itch appeared in the Abaculus 2007 anthology which is still available from Amazon.

I was a certified Senior IT Architect with IBM UK from February 1995 until November 2020.

A short summary of my professional career can be found here.

I am still collecting some of my favourite recipes on my Cooking for Men pages. An index of recipes can be found here.

Some of these recipes were presented at our pop-up restaurant Two and Threes Hideaway (unfortunately now closed permanently.

This site is dedicated to my lovely wife Tracey.

We have one son, Sebastian, although he prefers to be called Seb.

We live in the hills of Lancashire in North-West England.

A photographic tour of some of the places around the world we have been over the years can be found here. My travelogues are here.

And, yes, a good deal of the travelling has involved eating and drinking!