Gavin Evans lectures in Cultural and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London and is a senior lecturer at the London School of Journalism.
He has worked as a journalist for 32 years (writing for The New York Times, the Guardian and the Telegraph, among many others). He is the author of five books, including the memoir Dancing Shoes is Dead and Black Brain, White Brain: Is Intelligence Skin-Deep?
He was born in London but grew up in South Africa and Texas. Along the way, in addition to working as a journalist and campaigning against apartheid, he completed an honours degree in economic history, an LLB and an MA and PhD in political philosophy. He has lived with his family in London for 23 years.
Publications
O'Mara Books
The Story of Colour
Gavin Evans
Why is green the colour of envy? Why is black ‘evil’? Why is white pure? Why do we ‘feel blue’ or ‘see red’? Why do colours have different meanings for different cultures?
