Dec 3, 2020
Fiona Davison is the Head of Libraries and Exhibitions at the Royal Horticultural Society and the author of two books uncovering stories of fascinating yet unsung people from our gardening past. In The Hidden Horticulturists, a book that is part detective story and part history, Fiona traced the stories of young men who trained at a remarkable garden owned by the RHS in the early 19th c, following their careers encompassing worldwide botanical wonders, scandals, spying and intrigue. The Hidden Horticulturalists was published in 2019 and named as one of the Gardening Books of the Year by the Daily Telegraph. Her second book, An Almost Impossible Thing, uncovered the stories of pioneering women gardeners who battled prejudice and social preconceptions to craft careers in the all-male world of professional horticulture. Fiona is a regular presenter on the RHS podcast and is in high demand as a speaker by gardening and history societies up and down the length of the British Isles. She is currently working on a new book set in the 1920s and 30s, exploring the unexpected role of gardening and gardeners in a time of great social, political and cultural upheaval and change.
X: @fjd65
May 7, 2026
Miguel Delaney is chief football writer of the Independent, where he has won various awards for his coverage of the sport, which delves into its darker side. He has been a football writer for over two decades, and is proud of having attended 17 consecutive Champions League finals. His first major book, ‘States of Play’, won football book of the year and was nominated for the William Hill. Hailing from Dublin, he is Irish-Spanish and has lived in London since 2012.
Dec 3, 2020
Matt Dickinson is the award-winning Senior Sports Writer at The Times. He studied at Cambridge University then joined the Daily Express from the Cambridge Evening News in 1994. He moved to The Times in September 1997 and became Football Correspondent in 2000. He has covered seven World Cups, several Olympics, Tour de France races and many of the world’s major sports events. He helped David Beckham write My World and assisted Gary Neville with the writing of Red. His book, Bobby Moore: The Man in Full, was published by Yellow Jersey in September 2014. The biography received huge praise, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2014, as well as winning the Biography of the Year at the Cross British Sports Book Awards 2015. He most recently authored 1999: Manchester United, The Treble and All That about the club’s historic achievement.
Twitter: @DickinsonTimes
Dec 3, 2020
Ben Dirs: As of winter 2024, I have ghost-written 20 memoirs, including Amazon and Sunday Times bestsellers, and authored four non-fiction books. My first book, We Could be Heroes (with Tom Fordyce, 2009) was longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Too Many Reasons to Live by Rob Burrow won the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards autobiography of the year, was shortlisted for the William Hill and serialised in a national newspaper. Other newspaper serialisations include Who Am I? by Danny Cipriani and Everything Happens for a Reason by Danny Care. The majority of my subjects have been sportspeople, although I have also worked with a former special forces soldier, a paramedic, a heavy metal bassist, a dog trainer, a man who ran 401 marathons in 401 days and a woman who witnessed 300 executions. Before deciding to focus on books full-time, I spent 16 years working for BBC Sport, specialising in boxing but covering pretty much everything, from football to darts. As a freelance journalist, I have written for BBC News, the Guardian, ESPN, CNN, Eurosport and Boxing News, among many other publications. I have also scripted numerous podcasts about sport and music.
Website: www.bendirs.co.uk
Twitter: @bendirs1
Dec 3, 2020
George Dobell is the Senior Cricket Correspondent at ESPNcricinfo. In the past he has written for the Guardian and Spin Magazine. Most recently, he collaborated with Jonathan Trott on his autobiography, Unguarded: My Autobiography (Sphere, September 2016), shortlisted for the Cricket Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book awards.
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