Rob Lyons

Rob Lyons is deputy editor of spiked, the online current affairs magazine that takes the attitude that ‘Humanity is Underrated’. He writes on a wide range of issues, but takes a particular interest in issues around the environment, food, energy and risk.

Rob’s book, Panic on a Plate: how society developed an eating disorder, is published by Societas in October 2011 and blogs about food www.paniconaplate.com. He is a frequent commentator on TV and radio.

 Related Sessions

Saturday 1 November 2008, 3.30pm Lecture Theatre 2
Can GM crops feed the world?


 Publications

Panic on a plate: how society developed an eating disorder (Imprint Academic, 2011)


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