Graham left school at the age of 15 without any qualifications and realised he had failed on an epic scale. This was brought home to him when he secured his first job – emptying mouse traps in a Birmingham factory! The only positive memory that Graham took from school was of an inspiring English teacher, who explained how anyone could succeed at the highest level imaginable. The teacher’s parting words when Graham left school for the last time were: ‘For the rest of your life, remember, if you want to achieve, you must think differently and behave differently. Think the same as everyone else and you will achieve just the same.’ Graham turned to engraving but on a micro scale. His ‘signature piece’ was an exquisite engraving of ’The Lord’s Prayer on a 2 mm pin of gold inside the eye of a needle. Another item was engraving the words ‘Nothing is Impossible’ along the cutting edge of a traditional razor blade. He has completed just 48 pieces in his lifetime and only produces 4 items a year. His finished masterpieces are collected by fine - art investors and displayed at some of the world’s most desirable homes, galleries and museums. His list of clients is formidable, among them are Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral, Sandringham, The National Gallery, Rolls Royce, Chanel, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, Richard Branson, Andrew Lloyd-Weber, Kim Kardashian, Elton John, Ronnie Barker and Uri Geller. Graham explained that he goes to great physical lengths to produce art to such a minute scale. He works from midnight to 5.00 am to avoid vibration from passing traffic. He lowers his pulse rate to 20 beats a minute with the aid of potassium, magnesium and beta blockers, and wears a stethoscope to engrave between heartbeats to ensure he is perfectly still. He has regular injections of Botox into his eyelids to ensure there is no distraction from eye muscles and nerves. Graham, at the age of 75, also swims 10,000m every day to keep fit. He reckons that the fitter he is the lower his resting heart rate is which gives him a better base to work from. All for the sake of his art ! One of the most unusual talks we have heard, very entertaining and much appreciated by a large audience.