Six years ago, approaching forty, I walked away from a two-decade career in data-management and - utilising an eye for analysis, a love of language and an affection for film, food, fitness & fight-sports - built a new career as a professional writer. I now split my time between writing film scripts, boxing articles & mental/physical health reports and I have talked about my journey on BBC radio, ITV television & in many national … Read More about About
Reporting
The majority of my career was spent in business intelligence for the big banks. Essentially, it was my job to dig into the data and find the story behind the stats. So when I first left that job, six years ago, the obvious new career path was reporting. What better way to combine an understanding of statistics, analysis and group-thought with my love of writing and research? I first set up as a freelance boxing journalist, working for several … Read More about Reporting
Film
Just before leaving my job six years ago, a local arts centre hosted a contest to find and produce a short film. So I grafted out a script over coffees at dawn and whiskies at midnight - about a young boxer with a life changing secret - and I was lucky enough to be selected as the winner. This process re-ignited the fire in me which was first lit as a kid at his school-desk, dreaming of … Read More about Film
Jon’s latest blog post
MENTAL STRENGTH… and Travel
By Jon Sutton
The mental health benefits of travel may seem obvious at first. Especially for folks (let’s face it, plenty of us) whose idea of getting away from it … Read More about MENTAL STRENGTH… and Travel