Barnes, Robert

Robert Barnes Educated at the universities of Grenoble, Oxford and Reading, Robert taught English & Drama in Sussex, London, Oxford and Cambridge for fifteen years. During this time he also wrote and directed a number of children's plays and musicals, one of which was reviewed in The Times Educational Supplement. Having held posts including Housemaster, Director of Studies, Academic Director and Deputy Head, Robert left the classroom for Los Angeles, where he wrote two screenplays. Returning to London, he managed a Mayfair art gallery before being selected for a writing course at The Guardian,...