DAVID MANNERS enjoyed an eclectic education in Epsom, Lichfield, Paris, Frankfurt and Stockholm. After a period of public relations in Pittsburgh and working the harvest in North Pennsylvania’s Amish country, he returned to Britain to read Music, specialising in composition. David has been employed as a cabaret and ballet pianist, an English teacher to German bankers, a translator for a Parisian professor, a care-worker with autistic children, and as an assistant to a leading theatrical milliner. He worked for five years as a theatre designer, primarily with one of Britain’s foremost dance companies, for which he was also commissioned to compose original instrumental work. Whilst he continues to undertake professional genealogical research, David has spent the last twelve years as massage therapist at Glyndebourne Opera, where he also teaches Shaiva Tantra Yoga. He has led courses in the same, little-known tradition at English National Opera, for the Jerwood Young Artists’ Programme, and with village groups in various regions of India. He is the co-founder of a charity that provides medical care, education and human contact for socially excluded individuals and communities on the Indian subcontinent.
For the past fifteen years, David has spent his life between the Sussex Downs and the Bengal Himalaya.
For the past fifteen years, David has spent his life between the Sussex Downs and the Bengal Himalaya.
Reportage Press is a new publishing house specialising in books on foreign affairs or set in foreign countries; non-fiction, fiction, essays, travel books, old travel memoirs, or just books written from a stranger’s view.
'Europe and the Balkans: What Now?' - February 3rd
Come and hear Nick Thorpe and Tim Judah in discussion at the LSE. More...
Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War - Book Launch - February 9th
Come and celebrate the publication of Rob Crilly's fascinating book on Darfur. 6.30pm, SOAS More...
LSE Literary Festival - February 13th
Ros Wynne-Jones is appearing in discussion alongside Janine di Giovanni and Sam Kiley. More...
