Toby Manning

Based in London, Toby Manning writes about popular culture, from music to spy fiction to film and television. He is a regular contributor to The Quietus, Tribune and Disco Pogo, and has also written for The Guardian, New Statesman, Arena and The Independent. His books include The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (Penguin, 2006), John le Carre and the Cold War (2018) and Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music (Repeater, 2024).