Stars
Eternal Stargazer
I've loved looking up at the stars since I was 8 years old. I was fortunate enough in 2001 to have interviewed Sir Patrick Moore at his home for a BBC radio contest, with the idea of producing an astronomy radio show.
Around that time I began giving my 'Spacetalks' workshops to primary school pupils aged between 5 & 11, (group sizes range from 20 to 120+), at various schools, libraries and societies around Hertfordshire, London, Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
I was involved with children's workshops and promotion at the South Downs Planetarium in Chichester for twenty years, and have travelled numerous times to the southern African country of Namibia, where I occasionally work as guest astronomer at Sossusvlei Desert Lodge in the Namib Desert.
My approach is very practical. Astronomy is for everyone, and most of the equipment I have brought to schools are things that I have made myself, which I feel adds a real 'hands on' feel.
I have always aimed to inspire children and leave them with an overall impression that Space is an exciting, mysterious and wondrous place, and that we're each a vital part of it.
See menu for my Namibia adventures and more!
