HERE is the Wikipedia biography of Spike Hughes
Spike Hughes was a musician, both classical and jazz, a composer and a writer who wrote serious works, mostly about opera, as well as comedy and cookery books. His autobiography was published in two parts, Opening Bars (1946) and Second Movement (1951) – before he even embarked on the Coarse books.
- 1946 Opening Bars
- 1951 Second Movement
- 1956 Out of Season
- 1957 Great Opera Houses
- 1958 Famous Mozart Operas
- 1959 The Toscanini Legacy
- 1959 The New Book of Snobs (with Tom Hughes)
- 1959 Famous Puccini Operas
- 1965 Glyndebourne, A History of the Festival Opera
- 1968 Famous Verdi Operas
- 1971 How to Survive Abroad
- 1971 Eating French (with Charmain Hughes)
- 1971 Eating Italian (with Charmain Hughes)
- 1971 Cold Dishes for All Seasons (with Charmain Hughes)