Mus Mustafa

Mus Mustafa was born in London to parents of Cypriot origin. He is a London cabbie and his book, IN A YEAR OF A LONDON CABBIE EVERYONE HAS A STORY, has just been published by Orion. He is a keen photographer, taking shots from his cab.

Between 1995 and 1999 he studied at The College of Psychic Studies doing courses in psychic awareness, mediumship and spiritual healing. In 1996 Mus took a one-year course in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute and in 2000 he studied Life Drawing at the Hampstead School of Art.

He has given several readings of his poetry and has also done television interviews on behalf of London cabbies. In 1996 he took part in the Channel Four series STRICTLY DANCING in the modern jive section.

On a spring morning in London, cabbie 42629 sips his coffee as cherry blossom falls. It is 9.40a.m. - time to make for Euston Station for the first pick-up of the day.

And so begins a charming true story of a year in the life in the life of a London cabbie told through the snippets of conversations with those travelling in the back of his cab. All human life is here: the loved, the lonely, the lucky, the unlucky, the old, the young, the happy and the sad.

Told through their own words and with the author's remarkable photographs, this is the most original and insightful book you'll read all year.