PAUL ARNOTT’s career in media began at The Independent and Time Out as an arts correspondent before he became a television producer and director, making films and documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four. He is the author of A Good Likeness: A Personal Story of Adoption (Little, Brown), Let Me Eat Cake (Hodder) and Is Anybody Up There? (Hodder). He lives in Devon, where he is a leading anti-corruption campaigner, district councillor and the leader of the East Devon Alliance of Independents.
The ship that gave its name to a generation of immigrants had a fascinating Nazi past ... Paul Arnott paints a rich portrait of life on board the cruiser in its heyday ... an unusual perspective, revealing how a vessel, criss-crossing the oceans, changed history. -- Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian I was so excited about the incredible story you have uncovered on the Windrush ship. I love your approach – this giant object that can tell us a history of the twentieth century -- Andrea Levy, author of Small Island Paul Arnott handles these big questions in the same way a great novelist would: here are the themes; now go and think. -- The Independent I was so excited about the incredible story you have uncovered on the Windrush ship. I love your approach – this giant object that can tell us a history of the twentieth century. -- Andrea Levy, author of Small Island