Miranda Sawyer – Uncommon People Celebrated music writer Miranda Sawyer lived and breathed the Britpop era, those heady years in the 1990s when British music suddenly meant everything. In her book Uncommon People she transports us back to the beating heart of the...
Will Hodgkinson – Street Level Superstar Times music critic Will Hodgkinson’s award-winning book Street Level Superstar tells the story of indie songwriter Lawrence, a musician plagued by bad luck. Just as his band Denim’s song ‘Summer Smash’ was named Radio 1’s...
Lally Macbeth – The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk Folk culture is everywhere, sitting in our churches, swinging from our pubs and dancing through our streets, patiently waiting to be discovered, appreciated, and cherished. In The...
Lucy Brazier – The Honesty Box Food writer Lucy Brazier and her husband Steve were on the verge of a break-up when a chance remark triggered a chain of events leading to Steve’s diagnosis with ADHD and autism. What followed was a year of discovery, denial,...
Olia Hercules – Strong Roots Olia Hercules was born in Kakhovka, in the South of Ukraine. She trained at the renowned Leiths School of Food and Wine, then worked as chef de partie in restaurants, including Ottolenghi, and as a recipe developer. Her first book,...
