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name: C.J. Stone
about: CJ Stone wrote a column for the Guardian Weekend from 1993 till 1998. It was called Housing Benefit Hill and won the writer much acclaim. He has also written columns for the Big Issue, for Mixmag, for Radio 4’s The Afternoon Shift, for Prediction magazine and for Kindred Spirit, as well as writing regularly for the New Statesman and the Independent on Sunday, amongst others. Currently he writes a fortnightly column for the Whitstable Gazette and is a working postman. CJ Stone has had six books published. Fierce Dancing (Faber &amp; Faber, May 1995), The Last of the Hippies (Faber &amp; Faber, May 1999), Housing Benefit Hill (AK Press, June 2002), The Trials of Arthur (Thorsons/Element, June 2003), The Trials of Arthur Revised Edition (The Big Hand, CJ Stone wrote a column for the Guardian Weekend from 1993 till 1998. It was called Housing Benefit Hill and won the writer much acclaim. He has also written columns for the Big Issue, for Mixmag, for Radio 4’s The Afternoon Shift, for Prediction magazine and for Kindred Spirit, as well as writing regularly for the New Statesman and the Independent on Sunday, amongst others. Currently he writes a fortnightly column for the Whitstable Gazette and is a working postman. CJ Stone has had six books published. Fierce Dancing (Faber &amp; Faber, May 1995), The Last of the Hippies (Faber &amp; Faber, May 1999), Housing Benefit Hill (AK Press, June 2002), The Trials of Arthur (Thorsons/Element, June 2003), The Trials of Arthur Revised Edition (The Big Hand, June 2012), &amp; The Empire of Things, (Gonzo Multimedia, Nov 2013)."Stone writes with intelligence, wit and sensitivity." Times Literary Supplement"Wry, acute, and sometimes hellishly entertaining essays in squalor and rebellion." Herald"The best guide to the Underground since Charon ferried dead souls across the Styx." Independent on Sunday"Passionately serious, irresistibly compelling, and hilariously good-humoured." Professor Ronald Hutton, Bristol University ...more