Robert Twigger

is the author of Angry White Pyjamas, a book about the year he spent training in martial arts in Japan, for which he won the Somerset Maugham award and the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year. He has also written about his three-year canoeing expedition across Canada, and a trip to find the world's largest snake in Indonesia. He has published several collections of poetry, including one with Doris Lessing. His new novel, Dr Ragab's Universal Language, is set in the seamy world of 1920s Cairo. More of his writing is at roberttwigger.com