Patrons: A Speccy Man Has A Breakdown
Names printed in the book, and everyone who has joined them since
“Moving, funny, and honest in a way that has the power to liberate others.” – Oliver Burkeman, bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks
A Speccy Man Has a Breakdown is a limited first edition of 250 numbered, signed hardback copies, each including a signed A5 art print. More than 135 are now in readers’ hands.
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(Import duties may be payable outside the UK.)
The people listed below are supporters of the book. Those who pre-ordered while I was still making the book are shown with a ✍️ – their names appeared in the very first short print run. Everyone who buys a copy of this collector’s first edition is added to this page and to every subsequent printing of the book.
They live in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.
- Ayla Lepine ✍️
- Rachel Hazell ✍️
- Charmian Spencer ✍️
- Jo Gubbay ✍️
- Helen Caton Hughes ✍️
- James Wilson ✍️
- Michael Cook ✍️
- Natasha de Meric ✍️
- Dan Jones ✍️
- Sheryl Gervais ✍️
- Jennie Higgs ✍️
- Mishko Hansen ✍️
- John McCredie ✍️
- Michael Gilmore ✍️
- Emma Oughton ✍️
- Peter Frampton ✍️
- Toby York ✍️
- Sheena Ginnings ✍️
- Milly Jenkins ✍️
- Lisa Montgomery ✍️
- Corinna Honan ✍️
- Anni Townend ✍️
- Elizabeth Woodcraft ✍️
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Rachel Peppiatt ✍️
- Tom Chatfield ✍️
- Astrid Boesze ✍️
- Caroline Metcalfe ✍️
- Christopher Hird ✍️
- JMcH ✍️
- Elaine Iley ✍️
- Claire Murray ✍️
- Andrew Clover ✍️
- Veronica Stevens ✍️
- GMT ✍️
- Camille Parke ✍️
- Claudine Innes ✍️
- ST ✍️
- Angela Tippett ✍️
- Andrea Burden ✍️
- Sarah P Corbett ✍️
- VT ✍️
- Aalia Datoo ✍️
- Deborah Rushton ✍️
- Sue Braithwaite ✍️
- Patrick McCann ✍️
- LC ✍️
- Anonymous ✍️
- KJ Stone ✍️
- Kirsten McCrossan ✍️
- Karin Mueller ✍️
- LMcL ✍️
- Harriet Griffey ✍️
- Pru Guthrie ✍️
- Rachel Knightley ✍️
- Karen Dobres ✍️
- Liz Manning ✍️
- Steve Chapman ✍️
- Fiona Flores Watson ✍️
- Katherine Elliott ✍️
- Jennifer Mouritsen ✍️
- Lynda Thompson ✍️
- Deborah Parker ✍️
- Michael J MacMahon ✍️
- Vicki Reeve ✍️
- Kay Scorah ✍️
- David Bier ✍️
- Nigel Spackman ✍️
- Ian Reid ✍️
- Leonie De Vree ✍️
- Richard John Toye ✍️
- Jennifer Maskell ✍️
- Brendan Barns ✍️
- Reuben Brown ✍️
- Will Lewis ✍️
- Richard Hsieh ✍️
- Ángel Gurría-Quintana ✍️
- Sophy Roberts ✍️
- Vijeya Ganesan
- Tania Sless
- Lisette Groves
- Matilda Tristram
- Jemima Flintoff
- Leah S Cohen-McHale
- Sonja Afzal
- Paul Hill
- Kelly Johnston
- John Koshy
- Peter Kemp
- John Waire
- Nina Grunfeld
- Daphne Karpus
- Lindsey Deans
- Francis Norton
- Anne Shooter
- WK
- Adam Rye
- Ian and Deirdre Flintoff
- JPF (own copy)
- JPF (own copy)
- Vivien Hunt
- Brent Filson
- Gianmaria Vincenzi
- Tania Sless
- Andrew Peddie
- Carlie R Rhoads
- Thomas Harding
- Bonnie Grotjahn
- Jacqui Sjenitzer
- Annie Catford
- Bethan Way
- Teresa Norton
- Mandy Lehto
- Louise Barnard
- Demeji McGrath
- Susie McLinden
- Frauke Bastians
- Atalanta Goulandris
- NFMcHF
- Teresa Casal
- David Myers
- Angela McGowan
- Ann Kenrick
- Joseph Brown
- Jennie Godfrey
- Deborah Jane Russell
- Charles Wells
- Richard Vahrman
- Tariq Ahmad
- Jenny Thorburn
- Dr Rachel Ison
- Ronanni Spreafico
- Veronica Stevens
- Steve Makofsky
- Martin Brooke
- Rob Porter
- Sam Agombar
- Lim Ka-ming
- JPF (own copy)
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(Import duties may be payable outside the UK.)
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Last updated: 24 July 2026