Jonathan Glancey is a journalist, author, and broadcaster. He has been the Architecture/Design correspondent for the Guardian and the Architecture/Design editor of the Independent. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, he is a member of the Committee of International Architectural Critics. He writes for the Independent among other publications and is the author of Spitfire: The Biography; Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner; V-Force: Britain's Nuclear Bombers and the Cold War; London: Bread and Circuses, Lost Buildings and The Story of Architecture.