Simon's a reader. He reads at least, like a writer. He's happiest sauntering through open spaces full of things. What those things are he's learned doesn't matter. But, open spaces do. Place and the absurdity of labelling and confirmation bias feature heavily in his thinking and prose. Mind you, he's always written: Diaries, journals, long reads that never get to be read by anyone, and (across a 30-year career living and working in Switzerland, France, the US and Japan), non-fiction that truly is....non-fiction. Seeing the world through the lens of an ex-patriot has deepened his love for Wales, it's culture and the trickling seams running through all of its people. He's got an MA in Political Sciences and more recently, an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Hull. His favourite words are: Vespa, Flaneur, and Family.
