I was born on October 26th 1956 in Oxford, and lived in the city until I went to University in Aberystwth, after a year I was off seeking a different furture in Bristol where I had strange jobs and formative times, became a dad. In 1985 I caught a bus to Sheffield  and have been living here ever since.

As a young lad I wanted to play football for England or play tennis at Wimbledon. However, I  always loved reading and writing and that's why he became a poet. I've had lots of jobs - shoe-shine boy, farmer, builder, office boy, gardener, but this being a poet lark is the most enjoyable and interesting by a long way and so I'm sticking with that.

I have an old-fashioned rickety-rackety caravan and like gooseberry crumble. My kitchen has had cereal boxes all over the walls, and I have 2 children who are pretty much grown up now.

Since 1991 I have been writing poems and performing his poetry. I like to make his poems both entertaining and thought-provoking. I have set a World Record (unofficial) performing in 50 venues in 5 hours on a tandem bicycle, and also invented the world's first Poetry Jukebox which gets used regularly at festivals and schools, along with the Fanti-elastical Zing-Zong Poetry Imagination Machine.

I really enjoy working with artists and musicians. My ambitions are world peace, join Plane Stupid, eat good food, and carry on swimming in rivers and lakes.