Patrick Bishop

Patrick Bishop is a writer and journliast. Before joining the Telegraph he worked on the Evening Standard, the Observer and the Sunday Times and in television as a reporter on Channel Four News. He is the author with John Witherow of a history of the Falklands War based on their own experiences and with Eamon Mallie of The Provisional IRA which was praised as the first authoritative account of the modern IRA. He also wrote a memoir the first Gulf War, Famous Victory, and a history of the Irish diaspora: The Irish Empire, based on the TV series which he devised. His latest books are Wings and the Cooler King: The True Story of William Ash, Spitfire Pilot, poW and WW2’s Greatest Escaper now available in bookstores.