James Riley, author of the cult hit The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties, returns with another incisive and thought-provoking cultural history, turning his trenchant eye to the wellness industry that emerged in the 1970s.
James Riley is a Fellow of English Literature at Girton College, Cambridge, focusing on modern and contemporary literature, popular film and 1960s culture. His previous titles include The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties. He also makes films and performs spoken poetry.
Books in order of publication:
The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties – 2019
Well Beings: How the Seventies Lost Its Mind and Taught Us to Find Ourselves – 2024
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