Jeremy Seabrook
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Jeremy Richard Seabrook (14 November 1939 – 30 November 2024) was an English author and journalist who specialised in social, environmental and development issues.[1] His book The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flight from Tyranny was longlisted for the Orwell Prize.[2]
Seabrook was born in Northampton on 14 November 1939.[3][4] He was educated at Northampton Grammar School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages in 1960.[5] He worked as a teacher and as a social worker, and began writing for the journal New Society in 1963.[6] In addition to contributing articles to newspapers and magazines, Seabrook has also written numerous books and plays for television, radio and theatre, including several collaborations with his old schoolfriend Michael O'Neill.[6][7] Seabrook died at a care home in London, on 30 November 2024, at the age of 85.[8][9][4]
