An introduction to my fictional writings can be found here.

An introduction to the magical world of Lyndesfarne (setting of the New Bridge sequence of novels) can be found here.

My collection of fifteen short stories is entitled Four Square Less One. The reasons behind this name are described here.

Ideas for other fiction and non-fiction writings can be found here.

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

My favourite cocktails are included here.

I am a certified Senior IT Architect with IBM UK. A summary of my professional career can be found here.

More profile information can be found here.

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.

A summary of my academic books and other published papers can be found here.

This site is dedicated to my lovely wife Tracey.

We have one son, Sebastian.

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!

I am building up a few notes on recent events and interests.

My short story Itch appeared in the Abaculus 2007 anthology, available from Amazon and Borders.

Some ramblings on my various interests and hobbies can be viewed here.