Ian Passingham has worked for the last 25 years as a national newspaper staff journalist after starting his career in the local press in Essex as a reporter, news editor and sports editor. His previous book, 66: The World Cup In Real Time, was published in 2016.
The book's value to historians is limited because individual stories aren't tied to their sources, but for anyone who was alive at the time and wants to be reminded of the now-forgotten stories surrounding this historic flight, this book is a most enjoyable read --Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly