Geoff Probert is a Hull-based, radical humanist stand-up poet and writer. In his varied working life he has been a Charge Nurse in a German secure psychiatric unit, Adult and Further Education Lecturer, and European Officer in NHS Research and Development. He has an MA (Policy Studies), specialising in comparative health policy and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. Since retiring, he has been a regular performer at poetry open mics in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.