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Studied Fashion Design and Illustration in Epsom in the early eighties and then went on to work for Which? magazine. After a spell as the Editorial Assistant on the Good Food Guide I joined a design agency and trained on the job as a graphic designer. I was a freelance graphic/web designer for 15 years, then I did my PGCE at Goldsmiths and taught Design and Technology at a secondary school for three years.

Having served my tough 'apprenticeship' in teaching, I have now moved into the Higher Education sector, and started work at the University of East London as a Learning Design Officer in their Distance and E-Learning school, in June 2009.

My son Gabriel was born in 2002, 9 weeks premature and weighing 1lb 3oz. His shaky start has left him with a few extra learning challenges, but all in all he's making excellent progress and has a great personality.

Most of the content of my Flickr account is about Gabriel, and about life since he came along. But recently I've been digging out a few photos from BG (before Gabriel). They show a 'jet setting', drawing and salsa-dancing, carefree lifestyle. It cheers me up when life gets a bit of a chore, just to think of those days, so I'm digging out the piccies to help me remember.