Related books – "The Top 10 of Sport", "The Top 10 of Music", "The Top 10 of Film", "Top 10 for Men" and others – have been issued at intervals.
" "Top 10 of Everything"", probably his best-known work, has been published annually since 1989 and was the basis of a children’s TV series broadcast on ITV in 1998–2001. Russell Ash has written for both adults and children on a diverse range of subjects, including reference, art, history, biography and humour. However, his principal occupation has been that of freelance author, having written or contributed to over a hundred non-fiction books. He was also a director of Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1980–83, where he worked with authors including comedian Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna Everage), and Pavilion Books in 1984–88, where he published works by satirist John Wells, "Hockney Posters" and numerous other illustrated books. In 1973, with his friend Ian Grant, Russell Ash established the publishing company Ash & Grant, that ran for five years.
He worked as a picture researcher for " Man, Myth and Magic" and a researcher/writer for Reader’s Digest Books and Newsweek Books on their "Wonders of Man" series. He studied anthropology and geography at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham, and began a publishing career in 1967. The family moved to Bedford where he attended primary school and Bedford Modern School. His father worked as a bookbinder for the British Museum Library and also served in the RAF in World War II. Russell Ash was born in Surrey, a descendant of a family of craftsmen – goldsmiths and silversmiths in 18th century London that included Claudius Ash (1792–1854), one of the pioneering inventors of false teeth.
Russell Ash (born 18 June 1946) is the British author of the " "Top 10 of Everything"" series of books, as well as "Great Wonders of the World", "Incredible Comparisons" and many other reference, art and humour titles.
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