







CV
Exhibitions
| Awards | Work history
| Formal training | NED
courses
Exhibitions
2008 (June/July)
‘Glass Wear, ZeST Gallery
2008 (April)
‘Reflection in Action’, MA Interim Show (UCCA at Farnham)
2007 (November)
‘BoneScape and other works’ Solo show (the Shed-and-a-Half Gallery,
Shoreditch)
2007 (August) ‘Glass
Echoes’ Exhibition by emerging glass artists (The Crypt, St Pancras Church)
2006 (July) ‘Crash
Cool’ Student show (the gallery at Morley
College)
2006 (May-July) Inspired by
... (V&A).
2006 (May) ‘Part i’
– five engraved items for a student show (the gallery at Morley
College
)
2005 (June) ‘Scene
Through Glass’ (Red House Cone – Installation
as part of the Stourbridge Festival of Performing Arts)
2005 (June) ‘First Gather'
IGC student show (Himley Hall, Dudley
College)
1973 'The Craftsman's
Art', (Victoria
&
Albert
Museum,
Crafts Advisory Committee).
Awards
2008 Commended in the
Stevens Competition for Architectural Glass.
2006
Winner of the V&A Glass Department Award for the ‘Inspired by…’
competition for part-time adult learners
2005
Winner of the John
Davies Memorial Award for best
progress in decorated glass at the IGC
1965
First prize for jewellery in an art exhibition at
Bristol
University, awarded by Lynn Chadwick
1967 - 70
Book editor at Longman (full time)
1971 - 79
Freelance editor and picture researcher for Weidenfeld & Nicolson and also for: Dent, Longman,
Ginn, Evans, Sphere and others
1980 - 84
Fiction reader for Penguin and Granada
1983 - 1999
Freelance features journalist
1987 - 89
Co-founder of a writing agency called Wiseguides which produced business literature using
direct setting
1988 - 89
British adviser for Houghton Mifflin in development of the software Correct Grammar
1989 - 90
Senior Research Officer for a British Library project at Middlesex Polytechnic leading to
the publication of a report on authorship and technology
1995 - 2000
Consultant Fellow on various educational projects on the use of IT in
primary and secondary education, in association with the Institute of
Education, DfES and Oracle Corporation
1990-2004
Board member of the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society
and the Copyright Licensing
Agency (Chairman 2001-2003)
Freelance projects throughout.
MA
in 3DD (Glass) at the
University
College
for the Creative Arts at Farnham (2006-8)
Higher
National Certificate in Glass at
Westminster
Adult Education Services (2005-6)
OCNWM
Diploma in the Techniques and Technology of Glass at the International Glass Centre
(IGC) in Brierley Hill (2004-5)
Part-time diploma course in Music and Information Technology, City University
(1985 - 86)
Diploma
in Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art (1966-7)
BA
Hons in English and Philosophy,
Bristol
University
(1963-6)
Unfinished pre-diploma course in art and jewellery, Hornsey Art School
(1966)
2001
- 2003
Financial Awareness for Directors (in-house
ALCS training day run by Nigel Smith, Financial & Management Training
Consultancy)
Group
Facilitation Skills (3-day course run by the Tavistock Consultancy Service)
4
Executive Coaching sessions (Tavistock Consultancy Service)
Negotiation
Skills and Techniques (2-day course, run by the
Institute
of
Directors
)
The
Balanced Scorecard as a Management Tool (1-day course run by Organisational and
Personal Development Consultants)
Effective
Decision Making (tailor-made in-house directors’ training day for CLA run by
David Kearney, OPDC)
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