Paul Bray is a freelance writer who has covered business, technology and a host of other topics for more than 30 years. During that time he has written for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times, the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia, and many magazines, including Computing, Director, Nasdaq International and AV Magazine.

Otherwise, when not keeping his garden in order and exploring the footpaths and byways of his native Kent, he can generally be found putting up curtains and assembling Ikea furniture in his daughter's new house.