Bruges Group Blog

"Michael Wood worked in agriculture until accepted for business training by a leading Japanese trading house. Working for major Japanese, Dutch and German firms he was involved in International trade, IT and Consulting from the mid-sixties to his retirement in 2010. He travelled widely and has lived and worked in Nigeria, Ukraine, Central Asia as well as the EU (Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg). He maintained his student interest in Art and History during his business career.

 Since retirement, he has written and illustrated children’s books under his middle name Evelyn Wood. Under that name he has written on disability issues and has been published by a number of newspapers including the Huff Post. He claims to have coined the words ‘Invisible Disability’ to describe people who need access to disabled facilities, but do not look as if they do. As Michael E J Wood he writes for the Bruges Group. His new book Parliament Privilege and the People is shortly to be published by the Bridge Group.