I practiced as a Solicitor in a small English market town until 1989 specializing in many cases of divorce and of violence against women. This latter became very depressing and was a strong motivational force in persuading me to change career. Our family took up permanent residence in Provence, France in 1990 where I became a wholesale distributor of English, German and Dutch books, since retired.
My interests include family, travel, poetry, music, bridge and gardening.
I have won Competition First Prizes (Barnet Borough Council Open 2015; Earlyworks Press 2016/7 with two commendations); Third Prizes (Speakeasy Milton Keynes Open 2008; Mary Charman-Smith Poetry 2012); shortlisted Teignmouth Poetry 2017; highly commended Sentinel Poetry Competition 2018; Welsh Poetry Competition 2019; longlisted Long Poem Magazine 2023. I have been published in Orbis; French Literary Review; Earlyworks Press; Dreamcatcher; Poetry Salzburg Review; Barnet Poetry Anthology; Littoral Press Poetry Anthology; Cerasus Poetry; Côte Poets, France.
