Dr Colin M. Barron was born in Greenock in 1956 and educated at Greenock Academy and Glasgow University where he graduated in medicine in 1979. He worked as a junior ophthalmologis...view moreDr Colin M. Barron was born in Greenock in 1956 and educated at Greenock Academy and Glasgow University where he graduated in medicine in 1979. He worked as a junior ophthalmologist for a few years before establishing a private nursing home with his first wife. Between 1999 and 2015 he was a self-employed hypnotherapist and TFT therapist. In 2015 he closed down his hypnotherapy business following a severe heart attack and now writes books and cares for his disabled wife. He has had 150 articles published plus four books – Running Your Own Private Residential or Nursing Home (1990), The Craft of Public Speaking (2016) ,Planes on Film (2016) and Dying Harder – Action Movies of the Eighties (2017) . His hobbies include cycling, keeping fit, walking, aircraft, military history, and model-making.view less