Danny is the chief executive of Only Connect creative arts company. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1997 with an MA in history and from Oxford University with a DPhil in 2000. He was successively director of studies for the Centre for Policy Studies, chief leader writer at The Daily Telegraph and chief speechwriter to David Cameron, before leaving politics in 2008 to work full time for Only Connect, the charity he set up with his wife Emma to work with prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of crime. He is the author of 'On Fraternity: politics beyond liberty and equality' published by Civitas in 2007.