Chris Sparkes

Chris Sparkes, Ray's son, was educated at University College Chichester and graduated in English with Related Arts, and then was awarded a master's degree in Creative Writing. After some years of lecturing in Higher and Further Education, he is now a self-employed private tutor and runs writing groups in Petersfield and Alton. He founded and manages the Alton Writing Club, and finds time to run a small trout fishery. He is a widely published poet and recently published a translation of the New Testament from the original Greek.