text: I have a fairly academic background which means that I have all the skills necessary to programme a video recorder set-top box. You would have found me at the University of East Anglia in the School of Chemical Sciences between 1979 and 1982 (B.Sc Chemical Sciences), and at The University of Manchester between 1982 and 1983 completing a Masters in Computer Science. I’m also a one-time inventor.
  More recently I have earned University Certificates in astronomy, cosmology and related subjects from the University of Central Lancaster, culminating in a Certificate of Higher Education, including a University certificate in radio astronomy via Jodrell Bank (Manchester University).
  “Keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re an idiot, rather than opening your mouth and removing all possible doubt.”
  “There are two ways to defeat your enemy. One way is to defeat them in battle, the better way is to make them your friend.” – Loosely based on text from The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
  “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to use the ‘Net, and he won’t bother you for months.”
  The history of the Papacy, full of intrigue, murder, mystery and sex. Revelations include an account of mad Pope Stephen VII (896-897) who dug up his deceased predecessor Pope Formosus after he had been dead for nine months, dressed the rotting corpse in full pontificals, placed him on the throne, and interrogated him on the charge of becoming Pope under false pretences. Other goodies include Pope Joan (a female Pope), married Popes, a Jewish Pope, anti-Popes, and Popes that sired children.
  A description of America’s secret National Security Agency, revealing material later publicised by whistle-blower Edward Snowden.