James started out in accountancy, becoming general manager of the trading arm of a public company aged twenty nine. He gave it up three years later to free his mind and his life has since been a series of projects. He taught English language to foreign students over a four year period and has had several small businesses, including more recently woodworking and sculpture in medieval art, which is a passion, as is his music, philoshophy and his writing. Described by friends and family as half hippy, he loves the wild remoteness and rugged beauty of the Cornish coastline, where he walks,swims and meditates. He is a member of Mensa and of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry.