Simon Inglis was born on 1955 and is an author, editor, architectural historian and lecturer.
14 Facts About Simon Inglis
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Simon Inglis was born in Birmingham in 1955 and brought up in Moseley.
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Simon Inglis was a pupil at King Edward's School, Birmingham, leaving in 1973.
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Simon Inglis read History and the History of Architecture at University College London, before training as a teacher in Leeds and teaching history at a comprehensive school in Walthamstow, north London.
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Simon Inglis has since freelanced for a range of publications, including The Guardian, The Observer, the Financial Times, tRadio Times and World Soccer magazine.
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Simon Inglis edited the sixth edition of the Green Guide for the SGSA in 2018.
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In 1996, Simon Inglis was appointed as a consultant on the National Stadium project, set up by the Sports Council to evaluate bids from Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Bradford to replace Wembley Stadium.
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From 1988 to 2000, Simon Inglis embarked upon a series of visits to stadiums and stadium communities around the world, resulting in the publication of Sightlines: A Stadium Odyssey in 2000.
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In 2002, Simon Inglis was one of a number of architectural historians appointed by English Heritage for its Sporting Chance study, focusing on sporting heritage in Manchester, to coincide with the city hosting the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
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Simon Inglis's illustrated biography of the Scottish football ground designer Archibald Leitch, Engineering Archie, traced the career of a previously obscure engineer who had been responsible for designing many of British football's leading football grounds during the first half of the 20th century, including Highbury, Old Trafford, Ibrox Park, and stands at Aston Villa, Liverpool, Everton, Tottenham, Fulham and Chelsea.
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Simon Inglis has been a co-author of books about sporting heritage, including Great Lengths: the Historic Indoor Swimming Pools of Britain and - with Steve Beauchampe - Played in Birmingham, in 2006.
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Simon Inglis is married to former TV presenter Jackie Spreckley, who has managed the production of Played in Britain since 2004.
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Simon Inglis describes himself on Twitter as an Aston Villa fan, 'albeit at a distance in recent years'.
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Simon Inglis has been actively involved in the Friends of West Hampstead Library since its inception in 1998.