January 28th 1986 found me sitting in the upstairs window of a design studio in Uplands Crescent, Swansea. I was cutting out black and white line drawings of cherries, pears, water melons and oranges, the kind you have on one-armed-bandit reels. The work was repetitive and dull, requiring concentration and consistency.
This was my first proper job after college. The business specialised in preparing artwork for fruit machines. It…
