I have lived in the Scottish Borders since 1988, having previously spent ten years in London.  My work has taken me around Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the USA.  Born in the Coronation year, 1953, I feel we live in interesting times.  Will future generations think of us as Elizabethans?  Britons of my era share the experience of having seen vast changes in technology, culture and language in our own lifetimes.  The world of work has also been transformed.  Alongside the increasing domination of the world by our largest technocracies, we have also witnessed a growing awareness that social and environmental concerns are also supremely important.  I am also aware that health, wealth and happiness are not equally shared out around the world.

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