Father, grandfather, and wannabe children's writer. Following service in the Royal Navy and as an Expatriate in the Arabian Gulf and South-East Asia, now comfortably settled in South-West France daubing paint on canvas and three-finger tapping on computer keyboards - whilst burying my head in the sand at the antics of misguided politicos and pundits the world over. My writing background is varied, having had work published in 'serious' magazines on such diverse topics as Oriental Rugs and 'The Devolution of Victoria's Navy'. Success as a first-prize winner in an international short story compe...