Books

In parallel with my career in broadcasting, and later as an artist, I have always written - numerous articles and, to date, 25 books on a wide ranging and eclectic mix of subjects.

The Ben Truman Book of Modern Elizabethans - 1977

100 caricatures of leading British personalities

 

Much Beloved Daughter - Florence Tim Oi Li - 1985

A profile of the first woman ordained priest in the Anglican Church

 

Elvis People - 1992

Examining the following of Elvis as a new religious movement

 

Letters to a Friend I Never Knew - 1995

Personal account of transplant operation

 

Beyond Dying - 2000

Review of belief in the afterlife

 

King Clone - 2010

A satirical novel about an Elvis religion

 

The Death and Resurrection of Elvis Presley: - 2016

The marketing of Elvis and the growth of the Elvis cult since his death

McIndoe's Army (with Peter Williams) - 1979

A history of the Guinea Pig Club of injured World War 2 airman

 

The Durham Phenomenon - 1985

Examination of controversy following appointment of David Jenkins as Bishop of Durham

 

Members Only - 1994

A survey of Church of England membership trends

 

Defender of the Faith - 1996

Exploration of religious significance of British monarchy

 

Will the Next Archbishop Please Stand Up - 2002

A book on the future of the Anglican Communion

 

Tales of Three Popes: - 2014

A book to mark the canonisation of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII

The Marks of the Cross - 1981

The story of stigmatic Ethel Chapman

 

Living with Kidney Failure - 1990

A personal and practical guide to coping with illness

 

Stigmata - 1994

Review of a strange form of religious piety

 

Tanni - 1996

Biography of Paralympic athlete

 

Diana - Myth and Reality (revised as Diana - Making of a Saint) - 2006/7

Looking at signs of a religious cult emerging 10 years after death of Princess Diana

 

Apocalypse When? - 2012

A study of end-time myths

Commissioner Catherine (Bramwell Booth) - 1983

A biography of the Salvation Army leader

 

Kriss Akabusi on Track - 1991

Biography of popular UK athlete

 

Disability - Rights and Wrongs - 1995

A book on social and religious attitudes to disability

 

Diana - Icon and Sacrifice - 1998

Examination of public reaction to death of a princess

 

From Ridiculous to the Sublime - 2010

Catalogue for solo-exhibition University of Kent

 

Remembrance Today - Poppies, Grief and Heroism: - 2012

How those killed in war are remembered