Colin Philpott

Colin Philpott is the author of four books. His first novel Deathday, published in April this year, imagines England in 2045 when euthanasia has been made compulsory at the age of 90. Previously he wrote three non-fiction books A Place in History – the stories of places affected by news events in twentieth century Britain; Relics of the Reich about how Germany has dealt with the architectural legacy of the Nazi period; and Secret Wartime Britain telling the stories of secret or hidden locations in WW2 Britain. Colin is a former BBC programme maker and former Director of the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. He is a Trustee of the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation.