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A DENIABLE CONSPIRACY

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Getting up close and personal with AI

The University of Oxford AI Programme was not just a technical deep dive into AI; it was a personalised strategic roadmap for navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution and understanding how AI, as a general-purpose technology, will transform every sector of our economy.

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A Deniable Conspiracy: what readers are saying…

A Deniable Conspiracy has been in print for four months. After the Christmas rush, I thought I would try to summarise the feedback. Readers are remarkably consistent in their reaction to A Deniable Conspiracy: this is a debut thriller that feels anything but tentative. Many describe being drawn in almost immediately, noting how the writing […]

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It’s Published!!

I’m delighted to share the news that my debut novel, A Deniable Conspiracy, has been published. The book is available here; http://bit.ly/3VSQuB5 If you enjoyed reading the book, please leave a review on Amazon. Enjoy…

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A Deniable Conspiracy – to be published on 17th September 2025!

I’m delighted to share the news that my debut novel, a spy thriller set in Mogadishu, will be published on Wednesday 17th September 2025 on Amazon via this link: https://bit.ly/4mSnKV6 The book is a gripping spy thriller inspired by real events. More background and information can be found on these pages as well as at […]

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The inspiration behind a spy thriller set in Mogadishu

In 2012, as an ex military contractor in my first role after a 25 year career in the Army, I navigated the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital city, at a time when close quarter assassinations and huge truck bombs were almost daily events. During that 9 month contract, I got to know the city, its […]

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Geopolitics in the Western Balkans

Since publishing Under A Feathered Sky in 2020, I’ve been on the radar of various news organisations in Kosovo. The occasional call to join a programme to comment on a major event in the ongoing situation between Kosovo and Serbia followed. When I went out to Kosovo in March this year, everything seemed to change. […]

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My debut novel…

In the Autumn of 2021, I sat down in front of my laptop and started to type. In front of me were several A3 sheets of paper covered with spidery handwriting – a very personal form of short hand – not for privacy’s sake, but because in recording ideas, my imagination often raced faster than […]

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The role of the media during a cyber attack

When the BBC reported that the criminals behind the cyber attack on the Co-op had contacted them, I was interested in this shift in tactics by the hackers behind the crime. We have known for many years that hacking groups – individuals with no morals and who are criminal to their core – had tried […]

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“To the people of Kosovo”

When the opportunity arose to get my book translated into Albanian last year, little did I know the journey I had started, one that came to an extraordinary conclusion in March this year. When I stood up in front of the country’s media and assembled guests, which included two former Prime Ministers and the current […]