David Wilkins David Wilkins spent most of his working life in the charitable and public sectors. He also taught at university. Outside of work he has long collected old diaries, manuscripts, letters, photo albums and other similar items. In 2019 he gambled on a bo of old notebooks at auction and discovered he now owned Ray Bailey's wartime memoir. The Longest Walk is David's second book based on a found memoir (his first book was published in 2017). Read More Read Less