I have ten years directing experience in theatre and film, having been Associate Director at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Artistic Director at Northampton Theatres Trust. In both these roles I led and participated in an extensive programme of work both with and for the education sector. I’ve been freelance since 2002; in that year, I became the first Western director to direct a new play in China with a Chinese cast.

Other directing credits include plays at the National Theatre Studio, Royal Court, Donmar, Bush and Soho Theatres.

I’ve worked in the cultural sector for 20 years acquiring a broad range of experience in strategic planning, programming, artist development, production, project management, fundraising and marketing.

After working as Theatre Director at Cambridge Arts Theatre, since the mid 1990s, I’ve developed an interest in international arts. Through Chinese Crackers, I helped to instigate and manage several creative exchange projects involving British and Chinese artists. I’m currently a Regional Council Member of Arts Council England.

I’m advising on the development of the technology strategy for One Hundred Words and set up and run this website.

I’m a technology writer and broadcaster and I’ve been working in, on and around the internet since 1984. I write a weekly column on the BBC News website and contribute to other publications both on and off line. I also appear weekly on Digital Planet on the BBC World Service. I’m a visiting lecturer at City University where I teach Online Journalism.