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.