Edward Brooke-Hitching is an English[citation needed] author, and a researcher and writer for BBC panel show QI.
[5] His Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports described 90 obsolete pastimes such as fox tossing, octopus wrestling and ski ballet.
[6][7] His The Phantom Atlas describes places which appear on maps but do not exist: the Times reviewer says that it "shows how places that aren’t there can endure, sometimes for centuries, once a map-maker has inked them in".
[8] The Sky Atlas was shortlisted for the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in the "Illustrated travel book" category[9] and picked as one of the 50 Christmas books of the year by The Herald.
[11] He appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity in October 2019.