Michael Paraskos

Michael Paraskos was born in Leeds and, after attending a secondary modern school in southern England, became briefly an apprentice to a master butcher, before going on to become a life-long vegetarian and study at the University of Leeds and University of Nottingham. He has appeared on radio, television and in newspapers and magazines, discussing art, literature and politics, and has been associated with anarchist thinking and its relationship to culture. He is a published novelist and also...See more

Michael Paraskos was born in Leeds and, after attending a secondary modern school in southern England, became briefly an apprentice to a master butcher, before going on to become a life-long vegetarian and study at the University of Leeds and University of Nottingham. He has appeared on radio, television and in newspapers and magazines, discussing art, literature and politics, and has been associated with anarchist thinking and its relationship to culture. He is a published novelist and also teaches art history at the City and Guilds of London Art School and Imperial College London. See less