I have three degrees in historical musicology (Bachelor, Master and Doctoral) from Edinburgh and Oxford, and if you're really interested you can read my doctoral thesis here: www.ramesescats.co.uk/thesis/

Some people have actually read it!

I am a Research Fellow at Oxford University, and currently run a research project based at the Faculty of Music, the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (I am also a Director of this project) I have also been involved with the The Online Chopin Variorum Edition and Chopin's First Editions Online and was recently the imaging consultant on the pilot project to digitize the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Fortunately all these projects have very understanding bosses, who let me work at home most of the time, and are amazingly patient if I cancel meetings because I have a sick cat or kittens who need me. In return I work extremely long days and rarely take even a weekend off, but I enjoy the work, and I particularly appreciate the freedom the projects give me, and the support of my Project Directors, who are far more colleagues and friends than bosses.

From January 2010 my contracts with these projects end, and I will be self-employed for a while. I am looking for people who would like websites made for them, and am happy to talk to you about what you might want and how you would want it to look. Two websites that I have recently started are for Whyoo Tonkinese (Jean is working on the text and images for the site), and my wonderful Acupuncturist in Oxford, Maeve O’Donnell.

When I have time I sing with and conduct choirs around Oxford; I am organist of my parish church; I used to design wooden animals for a toymaker in Cinderford (though I haven't done this for a while!); I (rarely) make special silk clothes/wedding dresses for friends; I write spoof plays which are performed by groups of friends (in costume of course!); I love photography (recreational rather than work); I take absolutely no exercise, and I am fascinated with and besotted by my cats.

I'm very lucky: I have a good life, a comfortable house (if a little messy) an excellent vet, and the love of my very special feline and human friends.