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Alastair Morgan was born in Singapore in 1948 and moved to the UK with his family in 1950. He studied at UCL before moving to Sweden, where he worked as a metalworker and teacher. He returned to the UK in 1983. Currently Alastair works as a translator, but most of the last 30 years have been spent pursuing justice for his younger brother. Peter Jukes is a British journalist and screenwriter, writing for Emmy and Bafta award-winning shows. He has written regularly for newspapers and magazines including Newsweek, New Statesman, The Daily Beast, Politico and The New Republic. He has been nominated for numerous awards for his coverage of the phone-hacking trial in London, recounted in his book Beyond Contempt. He also wrote The Fall of the House of Murdoch and A Shout in the Street.