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Bryan Appleyard (born 24 August 1951, Manchester) is a British journalist and author.

Life and work

Appleyard was educated at Bolton School[1] and King's College, Cambridge. He worked at The Times and as a freelance journalist and has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Daily Telegraph, Spectator and the New Statesman.[2]

In 1992 he published the book Understanding the Present.[3]

His 1996 novel is called The First Church of the New Millennium.[4] Appleyard has been selected as Feature Writer of the Year three times as well as Interviewer of the Year in the British Press Awards and he is a former fellow of the World Economic Forum.[2]

Books

  • The Culture Club: Crisis in the Arts (ISBN 0-571-13279-0 (pbk))
  • Richard Rogers: a biography (ISBN 0-571-13976-0 (pbk))
  • The Pleasures of Peace: Art and Imagination in Postwar Britain (ISBN 0-571-13722-9 )
  • Understanding the Present: Science and the Soul of Modern Man (ISBN 0-330-32013-0 (pbk))
  • The First Church of the New Millennium: a novel (ISBN 0-385-40485-9 )
  • Brave New Worlds: Genetics and the Human Experience (ISBN 0-00-257021-1 )
  • Aliens: Why They Are Here (ISBN 0-7432-5685-9 )
  • How to Live Forever or Die Trying - Published 22 Jan 2007 Simon & Schuster (ISBN 978-0-7432-6868-4)
  • The Brain is Wider Than the Sky: Why Simple Solutions Don't Work in a Complex World - Published 2011 - (ISBN 978-0-297-86030-3)
  • "Bedford Park" Published 2013 - (ISBN 978-1-780-22838-9)

References

  1. ^ boltonschool.org
  2. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) IBPC
  3. ^ Zarandi, Mehrdad M. (2003). Science and the Myth of Progress. World Wisdom, Inc. pp. 235–. ISBN 9780941532471. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  4. ^ Wheen, Francis (1996-06-17). Lord Gnome's Literary Companion. Verso. pp. 155–. ISBN 9781859840450. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
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