Acknowledgements
My very grateful thanks to the following people for their invaluable support and advice:
At Cambridge University Press: Andrew Winnard for commissioning the book, and his perceptive decisions on key overall ideas; Stephanie Taylor for her efficient handling of the complex manuscript; and Sarah Lambert and all the production and marketing staff.
Charlie English for his lifelong friendship and for helping me think about the overall focus of the book (as did Patrick Walsh).
Morag Styles and David Whitley, at the University of Cambridge, for their friendship, wisdom and knowledge about poetry and literature.
My University College London colleagues: Lesley Gourlay for some useful reading recommendations; Jan Derry for her expertise in philosophy and for reading and commenting on the theory chapter; Andrew Burn for our work together on the Ministry of Stories project, for his reflections on the history chapter and for many chats about music; Alison Gazzard for her work on computers and their cultural relevance; Paul Standish for reminding me of the importance of Wittgenstein’s language games; Andrew Brown, Becky Francis, Lynn Ang, Joe Mintz, Chris Brown and Emily Knight for support during my study leave; Karen Edge for her knowledge about Toronto; and Richard Andrews (now at the University of East Anglia) for his expertise in writing and music.
Jessica Pandya, Cathy Mills and Steve Graham for their collaboration, expertise and their beautifully crafted and humbling endorsements.
David Olson for being so generous with his time and expertise during my visit to Toronto; for his perceptive reading of drafts; and for introducing me to Kathy Broad, Shelley Stagg Peterson, Heather Walters and Carolyn Venema. Dan White for stopping his research on books to take me out for a fine Chinese meal in Toronto.
The inspirational Ben Payne and Lucy MacNab at the Ministry of Stories, and the various organisations such as SHINE that funded the creativity and writing research.
The Commonwealth Education Trust, The Centre for Commonwealth Education and the University of Cambridge for funding the Tanzania Research.
Barrie and Vera Wyse for the gifts of music and writing that they passed on to me.
Esther Wyse for her social media expertise; Olly Wyse for 1,2,3,4,5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive!; and Jackie Wyse always my first reader, for listening and understanding (and who typed the A Level computer programme account, figure 0.4, using a manual typewriter!).
