After military service in Europe, the Near East and the USA during the Cold War he produced large-scale son et lumière shows in Germany, France and America before beginning to write. He read Theology at Oxford and has qualifications in design and on the military staff. A frequent traveller in Central and Eastern Europe, he speaks a number of the languages of the region. He also works for autism organizations and is a neurodiversity activist. His poetry has appeared in the Bucharest Literary Review, Luceafrul, and his first collection is due to be published by Waterloo Press in 2018.