Jon Bryan lives with his family in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is a recreational poker player who began writing about gambling to challenge the one-sided narrative in the debate. Jon has written for online publications and websites including spiked, Gambling Insider, The Great Debate, Future Cities Project and Slots Hawk. He has been involved in discussions on TV and podcasts and spoke about gambling at the online Babbleon in December 2020, organised by WORLDwrite, and is the author of the Academy of Ideas’ ‘Letter on Liberty’, Risking it All: The Freedom to Gamble (2022).