Joe Writeson - Bio Born in the North East of England in a solid working class environment. I attended the school of hard knocks where I was awarded a diploma in doing as little as possible whilst looking like doing the opposite. On leaving the education system I started really learning, working firstly as an apprentice avoiding work in the Tyneside shipyards, moved on to skiving on larger projects, then, strangely enough, embraced a totally different work ethic and attitude as an offshore construction worker in the fledgling North Sea Oil industry. It opened up a whole new vista and way of lif...