Nick Davies, Esq

Career: BR guard Cambridge 1974-75; messenger boy The Guardian 1975-76, trainee Mirror Gp 1976-78, with Evening Standard Diary 1978-79, news reporter The Guardian 1979-84, home affrs corr The Observer 1984-86, chief feature writer London Daily News 1986-87, Washington columnist The Scotsman 1987-88; freelance writer 1988-: The Guardian, World in Action; writer My Kingdom (film) 2002; Awards Crime Reporter of the Year 1980, Br Press Awards Commendations 1981, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1993, Feature Writer of the Year 1997, Journalist of the Year 1998, Reporter of the Year 1999, Martha Gellhorn Award 1999, European Journalism Prize 2003

Books and Publications: White Lies (1991), Murder on Ward Four (1993), Dark Heart, The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain (1997), The School Report (2000), Flat Earth News (2008, Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Award 2009)