I’ve always been interested in working with words and images. I started out with a degree in the history of art, which took me into the worlds of research, writing and archiving; but then a lust for travel won me over and I went to teach English in Budapest in 1989, freshly qualified from a four-week TEFL course. A year of teacher training later on led to more ELT work in further education institutions and private language schools, followed by a two-year stint in the world of TESOL examination administration. In the late 1990s I spent a few years working on Trinity teacher training courses in the UK, Germany and Belgium before taking a lecturer post in English language teaching and administration at the University of Westminster.

My main general interests in the field are phonology, grammar, studies in teaching personas and best classroom practice. Outside, I like art, reading and walking in cities.