After studying for a PhD on Blake and antiquarianism at the University of Birmingham, I was the founding editor of the magazine PC Advisor (now Tech Advisor), working mainly in London and sometimes in San Francisco. During this time, I helped to set up what was one of the first magazine web sites in the UK. Following this, I began lecturing at what was then Falmouth College of Arts and now Falmouth University, eventually becoming Professor of Blake Studies and the first Director of the School of Writing. I left this post to take up Head of the School of English and Journalism at the University of Lincoln, where I now work in a role covering employability, enterprise and professional practice.