About Me

Born Glasgow, Scotland. Currently living in Streatham Hill, London.

In 1996 I sustained a back injury and was told I'd never run again. I ran my first marathon in April 2004, followed by my first triathlon, and it's become a major part of my life. I ran two marathons and a triathlon in 2004 and three marathons and a triathlon in 2005, and a marathon in each of 2006 and 2007. My best marathon time is 03:47:39 – pretty good for someone who'd 'never run again'! Always seek a second opinion, and never give up hope – the human body has an extraordinary capacity for healing. See Health & Endurance for advice.

I also do a bit of Magic* and Scuba (PADI Advanced Open Water), and (lately) some skydiving.

Qualifications

HND Business and Finance, specialising in small business enterprise, 1990
Postgraduate Diploma, Marketing, 1991
Diploma of the Market Research Society, 1991
MA in Marketing, 1992
Practitioner in NLP, Richard Bandler and Paul McKenna (also studied Hypnosis), 2003
Numerous courses in journalism, 2003-08
MA in Creative Writing (Novels) at City University's School of Journalism, 2007

*Don't ask me to do any for you. I'm not a performing monkey.