Biography
Born in Walton Hospital, 1962. Raised in a house on the banks of the Mersey. Played football each break time for the entirety of my school life. Never much good at it but thoroughly addicted. Varied working life has included engineering apprenticeship, welder, draughtsman, volunteer in an outdoor pursuits centre, unemployed, civil servant, computer programmer, community worker, and now a Church of England vicar serving five deeply rural West Devon parishes. Have lived in Waterloo, Llanbedr, Cardiff, Crosby, Toxteth, Cambridge, Wavertree, Norris Green, Croxteth Park, and now the very different setting of Lydford, on the western edge of Dartmoor. Married to Diana since September 2009. Five (grown-up) stepchildren. Currently working hard on re-learning what it means to be human. This cartoon graces my bathroom wall and sums up my default approach to life.
Interests
greenbelt festival, pj harvey, coil, waterson-carthy, jim white. urban walking, bill drummond, patrick keiller, martin parr, the caravan gallery. mis-guide, notes from a small island. spaced, reginald perrin, match of the day 2. walt brueggemann, walton lane (approach to goodison), iona community, everton fc. church action on poverty, campaign against the arms trade. the fall, julian cope, sufjan stevens, psychogeography, trying to understand situationism. iain sinclair, adrift in caledonia, the it crowd, james alison, tim gorringe. lloyd robson, ts eliot, bill griffiths, stewart henderson. michael leunig. the city of liverpool. aberdeunant, the m62. email me: john[at]johndavies.org
