60 copies

£15 plus shipping

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£20 plus shipping = Rogue Edition + Through the Gates chapbook (unsigned)

224 pages. Format approx. 7”/170mm wide, 10”/240mm tall. Perfect bound; hand embossed front cover artwork; full colour title page.

Includes fascinating, never-before-seen photographs and illustrations.

Recycled 'chilli red' card cover; acid-free text paper; red endpapers; front cover artwork embossed by hand.

26 Lettered/signed copies

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£130 plus shipping

224 pages. Format approx. 7”/175mm wide, 10”/250mm tall. Handbound at the Tangerine workshop with cloth-covered acid-free boards, conservation glue and hemp cord; foil embossed front cover artwork; full colour title page. ISBN: 978-1-910691-43-4

Includes fascinating, never-before-seen photographs and illustrations.

Quarterbound with Fabriano Tiziano 'blue grey' paper covered boards and Japanese silk spine; acid-free text paper; Fabriano Tiziano 'royal blue' endpapers; front cover artwork embossed in black.

Includes a bound in high quality reproduction of serving officer Sami Dinelli's photo printed on Mohawk Superfine paper.

All lettered copies are signed by Christopher Impey and Raphael Rowe.

NB INCLUDES 'THROUGH THE GATES' CHAPBOOK, SIGNED BY MR IMPEY.

"Engaging and compassionate."
— Open Democracy

"Well informed history."
— Times Literary Supplement

"Fantastic."
— Brixton Blog

"Christopher Impey’s enthralling book is both a social history of HMP Brixton and of the criminal justice system within which it has played a prominent and often controversial role . . . Mr Impey succeeds in crafting an intensely human story from the biography of a building. He finds in its stinking, overcrowded corridors numerous cases of institutionalised cruelty and individual suffering; but he also unearths many examples of striking ingenuity and bonhomie."
— The Economist

Also extracts featured in Big Issue, Brixton Review of Books, Minor Literatures.

EARLY PRAISE FOR…

“A fascinating history of London’s oldest prison. From Britain’s first female prison governor to a gluttonous oyster thief, from rebel Poplar councillors to the desperate inhabitants of ‘Fraggle Rock’, this is an essential read for everyone interested in the history of prison and penal reform.”
— Caitlin Davies
author of Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades

“Finally, a book that really shines the spotlight of truth into the darkest recesses of a British prison. The House on The Hill is an impressive must-read and Chris Impey captures the atmosphere, history and legends of Brixton Prison like a master of his trade. Too good to miss.”
— Noel ‘Razor’ Smith
author of A Rusty Gun: Facing Up to a Life of Crime

Christopher Impey is an award-winning journalist and radio producer. He spent nine years working in HMP Brixton where he was Managing Editor of National Prison Radio – the world’s first national radio station for prisoners. Before that he was employed at the BBC as a reporter and producer. He has made a number of documentaries for Radio 4, including London’s Oldest Prison, based on his research into HMP Brixton. He left the prison in 2018 and now works at The Economist.

Raphael Rowe is an investigative journalist and the presenter of Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons – a Netflix Original series. He served 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, spending part of his sentence in HMP Brixton. His conviction was quashed at the Court of Appeal in 2000. Following his release, he worked as a reporter for the BBC on Panorama, the Today programme and The One Show. His investigative work helped to overturn the conviction of Barry George who had been found guilty of the murder of Jill Dando, the television presenter. He is currently working on a BBC documentary about miscarriages of justice.