Barry Miles

Biography

Miles was the chairman of the Youth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (YCND) in the early sixties. He was the co-founder of Indica Books and Gallery in 1965 and International Times (IT), the first European underground newspaper in 1966. In 1968 Paul McCartney appointed him head of Zapple, the Beatles' spoken word label. He is the author of many books; Hippie (2003) was a New York Times bestseller. Miles has done a great number of television, radio and press interviews in the UK, the USA and Europe over the years. He lives in London.