Simon Garfield

Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of non-fiction including Mauve,The Error World and The Nation's Favourite. His edited diaries from the Mass Observation Archive - Our Hidden Lives, We Are At War and Private Battles - were bestsellers, and his study of Aids in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize. He lives in London and St Ives, Cornwall.

Just My Type : A Book About Fonts Simon Garfield This morning I reached the end of Just My Type, I sighed and put the book down, wishing it had been a lot longer and I hadn’t read it so quickly. Fonts, can I hear you asking, what’s interesting about... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/09/2011 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

We Are at War Simon Garfield The diaries of five people during the Second World War, an unmarried secretary, a mother with evacuated children, a social worker, a salesman and a writer. It illustrates the very human side and in many ways a very ordinary side... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2005 Lovereading Price: £14.99 - Saving £5.00 (25%)

Our Hidden Lives Simon Garfield The diaries of five ordinary people during the period of 1945 to 1948, originally collected for the Mass Observation Project, which, with literally thousands of others, have been stored, mostly unread, in the University of Sussex. What can I say... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)