 I was born on Sultan Road, Portsmouth. It's been twice flattened and re-built since I was born. My parents were lodging in a terrace house
|  Here's part of my birth certificate in Italian (done for my wedding)
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 Here's the calendar in our Farlington living room, the "Y" of "Friday" having been worn away by thumbs
|  One of my science notebooks when I was 11
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 Our school was the best in the country for chess. I managed 3rd in the UK U-18 championships when the best players of my age were elsewhere
|  Our school was good at basketball too, but I didn't achieve much - just a few games for south-east Hants
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 Norwich, where I did a degree, half-heartedly continued chess (played top board for Norfolk once)
|  I spent a year in Bristol, teacher-training. I tried painting
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 Oxford, where I spent a year or so as a teacher
|  I interrailed to Morocco, etc
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 I taught myself computing
and wrote a game that was mentioned in a Guardian cutting
|  The money kept my going for 6 months or so
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 I visited India
|  Here's a rare photo of me in Liverpool where I did an M.Sc
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 I lived in Nottingham (Educational researcher) for a while, under the roof
|  I got a job in Cambridge
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 A slide from my only academic paper "Graphical Interfaces in Education: A Case History" (UKUUG, 1991) showing 2 of my programs
|  I used punched cards as a UEA student. At Cambridge I won an iPod in a draw. My oldest existing webpage was written in 1993
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 I got married by lake Como
|  My wife's village
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 My ipod's start-up picture. Sienna
|  A letterhead I use on webpages. I'm on the left, my ultrasounded and swimming sons are in the middle, my wife's on the right |
 Me, the Sahara and a camel
|  My poetry booklet acceptance - ISBN 978-1-905939-59-6
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 My second book - ISBN 978-0-9570984-9-7
|  Berlotti beans from our 25 year old allotment. Some years we grew 30 different crops
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 Our house as a tapestry made by a neighbour |  And then this, in 2022 |