Ian Vince (born 16 December 1964) is an

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, and

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, as well as a regular contributor to ''The Guardian'', a columnist for ''BBC Countryfile Magazine'' and a former

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for the ''

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''. He is the author of ''Britain: What A State'', based on his website that purports to be the work of a (fictitious) UK government department, th
Department of Social Scrutiny
, and the ''Little Black Book of Red Tape''. He is the co-author of ''The Myway Code'' and ''Three Men In A Float'', both with

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. He co-presented (with Dan Kieran and Prasanth Visweswaran) a half-hour programme on BBC Radio 4 called ''Three Men In A Float'', which aired on 27 February 2008. His writing credits include ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Guardian,'' ''Countryfile Magazine'', the ''Radio Times'', BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, Channel 4's '' Bremner Bird and Fortune'', produced by Vera Productions and BBC3's ''Rush Hour'' Sketch Show, produced by Zeppotron

Bibliography

* ''Britain: What A State'', 2005 Boxtree Ltd, * ''The Myway Code'', (with

), 2006 Boxtree Ltd, * ''The Little Black Book of Red Tape'', 2007 Orion, * ''Three Men in a Float'' (with

), 2008 John Murray Ltd, * ''The Lie of the Land'', 2010 Boxtree Ltd,

References

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