Chris Robinson

Chris Robinson was born in 1956, in Northwich, Cheshire. He grew up on a council estate and graduated in 1988 from Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education with a degree in Creative Arts/Combined Studies. In between those years, he was a trainee reporter and photographer and moved to Germany when Margaret Thatcher came to power, finding employment with a US military community newspaper. He has three older brothers and a younger sister, and is the son of factory working parents. He co-authored a book 'The Road to Recovery' (2011) with Alan Boden, so 'Can't Pay, Won't Pay' is his first lone venture. He remains a staunch socialist, having seen firsthand the darker elements of the social and education sector (qualifying as a teacher in 1995) and was a prominent member of the anti-poll tax campaign. Chris has also released his first work of fiction, on August 9, 2025, 'The Renegade'.