I came to London in 1989, for what I intended to be a short break - and have found it impossible to leave ever since. Born in Liverpool to Irish parents who, while I was still dealing with a snipped umbilical cord, decided to return to Ireland, where I finished school, wrote a lot of teenage angst poetry, usually in Visual Basic programming language, but sometimes in C++. On arrival in London I decided to make my mark, studied Architecture at South Bank University, and have worked for many of London's public bodies since. I still write poetry, and I also host a weekly poetry podcast where in the guise of interviewing and recording performances of other poets, I sneakily get free masterclassses in how poetry should be done!