Mike Jay

Mike Jay has written extensively on the cultural history of science, medicine, drugs, madness and politics. He’s the author and editor of nine titles including The Air Loom Gang (of which Oliver Sacks wrote, “I have never seen the logic of madness so clearly and convincingly expressed…a wonderful book”) and The Unfortunate Colonel Despard, hailed as “popular history at its best” by the Times and The Atmosphere of Heaven. Mike is also the editor of several books, including the collection of drug literature Artificial Paradises, which Ian McEwan called “a superb anthology - scholarly, penetrative, mind-expanding”. He is currently editing a volume on the medical history of London for the Wellcome Trust and his articles and essays have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, the Independent and BBC History Magazine.

Mark will be appearing on the Ways With Weirds stage.