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I went to school in Buckinghamshire, where my interests were music ( I was a violinist ), art ( winning county art competitions ) athletics and cross country ( I was a county team athlete ).
My father died as a result of an accident- he was an ex soldier and truck driver- when I was 11.
It could be said that I grew up in poverty, but I did not see it like that. As a schoolboy, I had my interests, hobbies and bicycle, worked on a farm, delivered news papers, did a lot of training for my sport, painting, and music.
I also made model aeroplanes and was in the Air Training Corps, where we had the opportunity to fly an aeroplane. I had wanted to be a pilot, but university made me anti war.
At the University of East Anglia-which I also represented in cross country and athletics- I studied economics, economic history, philosophy and sociology.
Over the years, I have worked in a variety of manual, office and driving jobs.
My first job after univerity was with the Inland Revenue in Havant, near Portsmouth. I left Hampshire to work for the Nitrate Corporation of Chile, then lecturing, teaching and journalism - then back to driving.
I play and teach various styles of guitar and used to be a regular folk club performer. I quit that after being violently assaulted in Milton Keynes pub, after singing a song I wrote about how cop got away with killing Ian Tomlinson at G7, in broad daylight and caught on camera.
The police took no action, saying taht my assailant had a good job. The pub in question was, and probably still is, popular with off duty police officers.
