A potted biog
I’m the author of five non-fiction books, the first two of which I also designed. Britain: What A State is a full colour 192 page book that takes a swipe at the nanny state by pretending to be the work of a spiteful bureaucratic government department - the not entirely fictional Department of Social Scrutiny. The book was based on my web site, http://www.socialscrutiny.org - the winner of Channel 4’s Comedy Circuit competition and came out in October 2005. There is now an expanded edition of Britain: What A State available as an e-book. Go to www.socialscrutiny.org for details.
Written with Dan Kieran, my next book was The Myway Code - the title of which more or less explains everything you need to know about it. The Myway Code was published in Autumn 2006.
The Little Black Book of Red Tape came out the following year as a collection of mean-spirited, pencil-faced pen pushers and their interactions with the general public.
In May 2008, Three Men in a Float - again, written with Dan Kieran - tells the story of what happened when Dan and I, along with our friend Prasanth, crawled across England in a 1958 electric milk float. In February, the three of us also presented a one-off Radio 4 documentary about our trip.
My latest book, The Lie of the Land - an under-the-field-guide to Britain is out now.
In between books, I write a regular column for The Daily Telegraph - Strange Days - about the curious corners and customs of Britain, contribute to other publications and continue to very slowly develop a narrative sketch show based on the Department of Social Scrutiny web site.
Newspaper links
Quiet Life - Three Men in a Float
Witchcraft in the full moon
In the first of a monthly series exploring curious and uncommon corners of Britain, Ian Vince visits Avebury
Fired by ancient zeal in Cornwall
Continuing his series on the curious, Ian Vince pays his respects to the sun in Cornwall
A small sacrifice for a Long Man
The curious Ian Vince is willing to go to huge lengths to join a hillside pagan ritual
Hallowe’en: A chilly welcome from mine ghost
Ian Vince books in for a spooky night out in pursuit of the paranormal
Links
The Department of Social Scrutiny
The Department on Facebook
The British Landscape Club
Three Men in a Float
Wikipedia Profile
Ian Vince
Books
