Jon McGregor

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence – street cricket, barbecues,...

Cycling? It's one of my life's constants, it feeds my need for beauty, for delight and for aimless exploring. It makes my body hum and brings me safely back to the present. I hope to continue pedalling, nice and slowly, for the rest of my life, with the same curiosity that ignited my childhood. In these essays, twelve writers consider...