Tim Ryder, BSc (Hons) MA

I have a lifelong interest in ecological issues. I hold a BSc (Hons) in Ecological Science from the University of Edinburgh, and have written a book on green careers (Working with the Environment; Vacation Work Publications 1996).

My degrees in Ecological Science and Human Geography included substantial coverage of environmental science.

My degree in Ecological Science included substantial coverage of evolutionary zoology, and I have a particular interest in the works of Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins.

I hold an MA (with Distinction) in Human Geography from the University of Leeds.

I have a lifelong interest in Germany and its history. I am a former commissioning editor for guidebooks to Germany at Lonely Planet, and have also contributed to The Rough Guide to Germany.

I have a lifelong interest in Japan, which I visit regularly.

I have a particular interest in the history of National Socialism and the Holocaust.

I have a strong interest in British and American popular music, especially from the 1960s and the 1970s, including the Beatles, the Clash, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and Richard Thompson.

I have a strong interest in twentieth-century literature, especially Alan Garner, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, John le Carré, Primo Levi, Henry Miller, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre.