Go mad for all things mini-beast! Learn about...an ant with Dracula fangsspiders eating their own websmusclebound caterpillarsand why fleas would be champions at the high jump. About The Author: ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express.