Guy Claxton was born on June 20th 1947 and educated at King's School, Worcester and Cambridge and Oxford. His prolific writings on psychology, education and spirituality include the books The Heart of Buddhism, Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why intelligence increases when you think less, and Wise Up: The challenge of lifelong learning. For several years a follower of the controversial Indian mystic Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), he was a founding teacher at Schumacher College in South Devon, where he now lives, and is visiting professor in the University of Bristol Graduate School of Education.