Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury was born in Illinois in 1920, and spent most of his life in Los Angeles. He did not go to university and was a full-time writer from the age of 23; his short story ‘Homecoming’ was picked from the slush pile at Mademoiselle magazine by Truman Capote. Bradbury’s first book, a collection of short stories entitled Dark Carnival, was published in 1947. The Martian Chronicles (1950) was followed by The Illustrated Man (1951) and his seminal work of dystopian science fiction, Fahrenheit 451, in 1953. He died in 2012.
Frank Skinner is a British comedian, writer and broadcaster. He graduated from the University of Warwick and worked as an English Literature lecturer prior to embarking on a career in stand-up comedy and winning the prestigious Perrier Award for live comedy in 1991. His television work includes Fantasy Football League (BBC and ITV), The Frank Skinner Show (ITV) and Room 101 (BBC) as well as authoring documentaries on passions as diverse as George Formby and Muhammad Ali. Frank’s long-running Absolute Radio show has won three gold ARIA awards, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame. A lifelong fan of science fiction, he recently fulfilled a childhood ambition by appearing in Series 8 of Doctor Who.