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Lee Clayton

Dec 3, 2020

Lee Clayton left Brampton Manor Comprehensive with a hunger for newspapers, deadlines and breaking stories. His journey through print took him across the Wapping picket lines and coaches with shatter proof glass and metal grates boarded at secret locations, to covering an England riot in Dublin, and sitting in front of Gary Lineker on a coach without shatter proof glass, but one that was being rocked by an angry mob of England fans. He’s been in newspapers now for almost 30 years and is Group Head of Sport for the Mail titles. His first book, working alongside the brilliant Andy Hooper, is entitled Farewell to Upton Park (Hamlyn, August 2016). He is also a West Ham season ticket holder, which helps.

Jon Colman

Apr 8, 2021

Jon Colman is a sports journalist and author from Cumbria. He has worked for the News & Star and Cumberland News newspapers and websites since 2005, mainly reporting on Carlisle United Football Club and winning a number of industry awards in the process, including Regional Sports Journalist of the Year six times at the British Sports Journalism Awards. He has ghost-written two autobiographies, of cricketer Paul Nixon (The History Press, 2012) and footballer Matt Jansen (Polaris, 2019). During the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 he wrote Bolts From The Blues (Vertical Editions), a book about memorable Carlisle United goals, royalties from which are being donated to the NHS in Cumbria.

Twitter: @joncolman

Nikalas Cook

Dec 3, 2020

Nikalas Cook is a writer, coach and athlete based in the Peak District. He specializes in health, fitness, endurance and adventure sports. Having studied a postgraduate degree in Health and Exercise Science, he worked for eight years as a top personal trainer in London. He is the editor of Totally Active magazine and writes for numerous specialist magazines and websites including 220 Triathlon, Outdoors Magic, Trail Running and Trek and Mountain. He also edits the British Cycling member’s website, the Insight Zone. He’s also written for national newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, GQ, Men’s Fitness and Red Magazine. But he’s probably most proud of being Derbyshire Life’s beer correspondent. Nik has written two books and his third entitled The Road Cycling Performance Manual was published by Bloomsbury in June 2018. He has also worked with Nigel Mitchell on his book, Fuelling the Cycling Revolution, and with Martin Evans and Phil Burt on their book, Strength and Conditioning for Cyclists.

Jon Cooksey

Dec 3, 2020

Jon Cooksey was a leading military historian with a particular interest in the the world wars and the Falklands War. His expertise also led to him being an experienced battlefield guide, frequently leading tours to battlefields from these wars. He has written a number of books including The Barnsey Pals, Flanders 1915, Calais: A Fight to the Finish and 3 Para Mount Longdon: The Bloodiest Battle, as well as writing for a number of military magazines and editing Stand To!. He also wrote articles for a number of national newspapers and appears frequently on television and radio. Most recently he collaborated with David Griffiths on a new collection of diary entries by First World War Private Harry Drinkwater entitled Harry’s War, published by Ebury Press.

Peter Cossins

Dec 3, 2020

A journalist for three decades, Peter Cossins has written about everything from drug scandals at the Tour de France to butchers battling to be crowned Britain’s pork pie champion. A former Editor of Procycling magazine, Pete is the author of many books on cycling including The Yellow Jersey (Random House, 2019), winner of the Cycling Book of the Year in the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards, and Full Gas: How to Win a Bike Race (Yellow Jersey, 2018), which won the same award in 2019. His other books include The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling’s Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2015, second edition March 2023), Alpe d’Huez: The Story of Pro Cycling’s Greatest Climb (Aurum, June 2016), Ultimate Etapes: Ride Europe’s Greatest Cycling Stages (Aurum, 2016), Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat Sweep: The Tale of the First Tour de France (Yellow Jersey, 2017), and A Cyclist’s Guide to the Pyrenees (Great Northern Books, 2021). Pete’s most recent book, Climbers: Pain, panache and polka dots in cycling’s greatest arenas was published by Cassell in June 2022.