Tom Phillips is an author and journalist from London. He is currently the editor of Full Fact, the UK’s independent fact-checking organization; before that, he was editorial director at BuzzFeed UK. His previous book, Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (a history of failure through the ages), was published in 2018 and has sold in 30 territories worldwide. His career has also involved spells of being a comedian, working in television, working in Parliament, and being a secret agent. One of those things is a lie.