Christopher Titmuss is the co-founder of one of the largest and most respected retreat centres in Devon, from where he travels all over the world to teach meditation. From 1962 to 1969 he worked as a reporter and photojournalist in London, Turkey, Thailand, Laos and Australia - and then spent six years as a Buddhist monk in Thailand and India. He is an active supporter of global responsibility and is a founder member of the 12-strong international board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and in 1986 and 1992 stood for Parliament for the Green Party.