Albert Jack is a writer and historian. His first book, Red Herrings and White Elephants, explored the origins of well-known phrases and was an international bestseller. The book was serialised by the Sunday Times for over a year. He followed up this success with further bestsellers including Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep and Pop Goes the Weasel, a book exploring the dark histories and little-known meanings behind nursery rhymes.Fascinated by discovering the truth behind the worlds great stories, Albert has become an expert in explaining the unexplained. He is now a veteran of hundreds of live television shows and thousands of radio appearances worldwide. He divides his time between Guildford… and Cape Town.