John Phillpott Author

About the Author John Phillpott has worked on many Midlands newspapers over the last half century variously as reporter, feature writer, sub-editor, chief subeditor, reviewer, columnist and letters editor. He has also written for numerous magazines and national publications. His previous books are The Shilling (Graficas e-book, 2011) the story of a soldier relative's experiences during the opening battles of the First World War, and Beef Cubes and Burdock, (Austin Macauley, 2018) a memoir about a 1950s childhood spent in a Warwickshire village. John lives in Worcester and is married with two daughters and two grandchildren. He has also played guitar and harmonica on a semi-professional basis. His hobbies are history and wildlife studies.