Books by Philip Hoare

Philip Hoare was born and brought up in Southampton. He is the author of four previous books: Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant (1990), Noel Coward: A Biography (1995), Wilde's Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy & the First World War (1997), and Spike Island: Memories of a Military Hospital (2001). Philip is a regular contributor to television, radio and print media, reviewing for the Independent, Observer and the TLS. His film on Hampshire for BBC 2's 'Travels with Pevsner' was acclaimed as 'masterful' by the Daily Telegraph. Philip has also curated an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, and has spoken at literary festivals in Birmingham, Cheltenham and Charleston, at the National Portrait and Tate galleries, and the Royal Festival Hall.