Adam Macqueen’s books include
The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and
The Lies of the Land: A Brief History of Political Dishonesty.
The King of Sunlight, his biography of the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, was named by
The Economist as one of its books of the year.
He has contributed to
Private Eye since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He is also on the editorial team of
Popbitch, and from 1999-2002 was deputy editor of
The Big Issue.
He lives on the South Coast with his husband, painter Michael Tierney.
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