I'm an experienced professional journalist specialising
in public policy, particularly where it concerns technology, healthcare and the law. My work appears in  The Guardian newspaper and in numerous specialist publications, including the British Medical Journal and the Law Society Gazette.

I began my career reporting for a local
newspaper in England and went on to
spend five years covering the Middle East,
before specialising in science, technology and international development as a foreign correspondent and editor at New Scientist magazine. In that role, I was the first British journalist to visit and report on the famine in northern Ethiopia.

My next job was on the launch team at the Independent newspaper, where I spent two years as technology correspondent and general business, news and feature writer.

After three years as a correspondent in Japan, including a side-trip to Antarctica, I returned to the UK and specialised in government IT, writing and broadcasting on such topics as e-government and the computerisation of the NHS. I am also interested in public policy, energy (especially nuclear) and maritime issues.

My published work includes books on biomass energy and mobile computers, as well as lighter columns on topics ranging from gadgets to philosophy to PR.

Apart from writing, I am available for editing, training and public speaking engagements.

I am a member of the National Union of Journalists, the Association of British Science Writers and the British Computer Society.