Christopher Snowdon

Christopher John Snowdon is an author and freelance journalist based in the UK. He writes for Sp!ked and other publications. ^[1]

Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998.^[1]

His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the 15th century to the present day.

His second book, The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (2010), is a response to and critique of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.

His third book is The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (2011).

Books

• The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 Little Dice, 2011
• The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything, Democracy Institute/Little Dice, 2010
• Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: A History of Anti-Smoking, Little Dice, 2009

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Velvet Glove, Iron Fist website, About the author, accessed 5 October 2011

External links

• Velvet Glove, Iron Fist - author's website on the book
• spiritleveldelusion.blogspot.com - author's blog on the book
• Christopher Snowdon, A ‘theory of everything’ that explains nothing, May 2010

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