Conville & Walsh

Jim spent his early career heading one of London’s largest advertising agencies. He then started a ceramics business producing tableware for The Conran Shop, Heal’s and Bloomingdales. Jim has always been active in politics, fighting the 1987 General Election in Coventry and acting as a speechwriter to three cabinet ministers. He was also a District Councillor for ten years and deputy leader of Daventry District Council.

On a more trivial level, Jim’s first holiday job was working as an office boy for the Beatles; he was one of the first interviewees of Jeremy Paxman (a contemporary of his at Cambridge); he has co-written and appeared in a pilot comedy series for the BBC; and he is a qualified county football coach.

Now in his 50s Jim lives in Northampton but travels regularly to London. He is currently starting work on book two.