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 And Why Not?: As I Never Did Say - Barry Norman
Newest Review: ... living in poverty, apparently had a motto, if you can nick something and get away with it, nick it. Norman himself started a ... more  ... criminal 'career' stealing toys from Woolworth's, before graduating to participating in a 'scam' to steal food from a grocer's for his mum.
His relationship with his mum appears complex; plenty of love there, but they did not appear to like each other that much. Describing her last years, and how she died alone, was clearly painful to him, however.
He was, for 13 years, a writer for the Daily Mail. He was made redundant from the newspaper in what was termed 'the Night of the Long Envelopes' in 1971. Casting around ...more |
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And Why Not?: As I Never Did Say - Barry Norman: Memoirs of a legendary film reviewer (674 words)
by - written on 17/06/09 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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Barry Norman's BBC TV program "Film" ran from 1972 until he decamped to Sky in 1998. During this time he gained the reputation as being the national guide to all the best and worst that the world of cinema had to offer. This autobiography chronicles the life of a talented writer with a love of film who got into TV almost by accident. The combination of an interesting life, combined with a dry, witty writing style (similar to his presenting on Film) makes this an enthralling read even for someone like myself who is not a big Barry Norman fan. The title of the book 'and why not?' is subtitled 'as I never did say'. Norman explains how he ... Read the complete review
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