Ian Vince
Ian Vince (born 16 December 1964) is an author, designer, and scriptwriter, as well as a regular contributor to "The Guardian", a columnist for "BBC Countryfile Magazine" and a former columnist for the "Daily Telegraph". 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, the 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 Dan Kieran. 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