Dylan Jones

Jones was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire. He attended Chelsea School of Art and then Saint Martin's School of Art.Rob Sharp (2008). [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/central-saint-martins-the-art-and-soul-of-britain-811786.html Central Saint Martins: The art and soul of Britain]. The Independent, Saturday 19 April 2008. Accessed July 2013.

Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the publishing and British fashion industries.{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=11|date=15 June 2013}}

In 2012, Jones wrote three books, When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World, The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music and From the Ground Up: U2 360° Tour Official Photobook. The following year, Jones wrote The Eighties: One Day, One Decade, which was published by Preface Publishing in June 2013. The book is partly autobiographical and partly cultural and political history which charts the story of the Eighties through Live Aid in 1985.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/08/one-day-decade-dylan-jones-review|title=The Eighties: One Day, One Decade by Dylan Jones – review|work=The Guardian|first=Luke|last=Bainbridge|date=8 July 2013|access-date=9 December 2015}}

In 2018, Jones wrote for The Guardian, "Though in 2008 I 'came out' as a Tory, today I wouldn't describe myself as a Conservative." He described "the thought of Jacob Rees-Mogg being taken seriously by the electorate" as "frightening" but was more critical of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying his attitude to antisemitism in the party was "insulting".{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/11/dylan-jones-i-was-beaten-and-locked-under-the-stairs-by-my-father | title= Dylan Jones: 'I was beaten and locked under the stairs by my father' | first=Dylan | last=Jones | date=11 August 2018 | work=The Guardian | access-date=5 March 2021}} Jones was a prominent supporter of the London Garden Bridge Project.{{cite web|url= http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2015-06/08/garden-bridge-london-cultural-capital-europe|title=Rupert Myers: Why The Nimbys Should Stop Whinging About The Garden Bridge|work=British GQ|first=Rupert|last=Myers|date=10 June 2015|access-date=25 June 2015}} In 2017, he expressed criticism of Jeremy Corbyn and his demeanour during a British GQ cover shoot.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42194131|title=GQ editor Dylan Jones criticises cover star Jeremy Corbyn|work=BBC News|date=1 December 2017|access-date=4 February 2018}}{{cite news|last=Street-Porter|first=Janet|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-gq-cover-star-criticise-bbc-radio-4-today-programme-marks-and-spencer-a8087046.html|title=GQ's editor Dylan Jones was foolish to criticise the magazine's latest cover star, Jeremy Corbyn|work=The Independent|date=1 December 2017|access-date=4 February 2018}}

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• Jim Morrison: Dark Star, Bloomsbury, September 1990.
• Paul Smith True Brit, 1995.
• Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy and Sex, Power and Travel both anthologies 1996.
• iPod, Therefore I Am, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, June 2005.
• Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man, Hodder & Stoughton, October 2006.
• Cameron on Cameron: Conversations with Dylan Jones, Fourth Estate, August 2008.
• Heroes, by Jones and David Bailey, Thames & Hudson, October 2010.*
• When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World, Preface Publishing, 2012.
• The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music, Bedford Square Books, 2012
• From the Ground Up: U2 360° Tour Official Photobook, Preface Publishing, 2012.
• The Eighties: One Day, One Decade, Preface Publishing, June 2013
• {{cite book |author=Jones, Dylan |title=Elvis has left the building : the day the King died |location=London |publisher=Duckworth Overlook |year=2014 }}
• David Bowie: A Life, Crown Archetype, 2017.
• The Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song, Faber & Faber, July 2019.
• Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics, Faber and Faber, 2020.
• {{cite book |last=Jones |first=Dylan |author-link=Dylan Jones |date=2022 |title=Faster Than a Cannonball : 1995 and All That |url=https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/dylan-jones/faster-than-a-cannonball/9781474624572/ |location=London |publisher=White Rabbit |isbn=9781474624589}}
• Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground, White Rabbit, ISBN 1399607251; August 2023.

• {{cite journal |date=2010-01-16 |title=Diary |journal=The Spectator |volume=312 |issue=9464 |pages=9 |url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/5704533/diary.thtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421050948/http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/5704533/diary.thtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-21 |access-date=2 November 2010 }}

• {{cite journal |author=Wallen, Doug |date=Sep 2014 |title=A piece of Elvis |journal=Australian Book Review |volume=364 |pages=37 |url= }} Review of Elvis has left the building.

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• [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/london.dylanjones/ Edition.cnn.com]
• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2147109/bio IMDb.com]
• [http://www.tvlives.com/view.php?x=2&id=2996 Tvlives.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011171101/http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/11838-0/Author-Dylan-Jones.htm Orionbooks.co.uk]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/jul/16/weekend7.weekend Guardian.co.uk]
• [http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/ GQ-magazine.co.uk]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100603012719/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/sathnam_sanghera/article6984087.ece Timesonline.co.uk]

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