Nairn Book & Arts Festival

Richard Moore is a journalist, author and former racing cyclist, who represented Scotland at the l998 Commonwealth Games before becoming a journalist, writing on the arts, culture and sport.  In recent years he has specialised on cycling, covering five Tours de France, acting as cycling correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, and writing two books, In Search of Robert Millar (which won Best Biography at the 2008 British Sports Book Awards)  and Heroes, Villains & Velodromes:  Chris Hoy and Britain’s track cycling revolution.  He is currently working on two more books, Slaying the Badger, about the l986 Tour de France, and an as-yet-untitled book on the first year of Team Sky.  He will discuss his work with Alasdair Maclennan, President of Scottish Cycling.