Charles Nevin
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Annabel Merullo - Books
Annabel Merullo - Books
Charles Nevin has been a national newspaper journalist for more than 25 years, reporting at home and abroad for the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Observer and Independent on Sunday. He has also written regular humorous columns and diaries for the Sunday Telegraph, The Times, Guardian, Independent and Independent on Sunday. In 2004, he published Lancashire, Where Women Die of Love, a much-praised guide to the overlooked romance of his native county, mixing memoir, history, humour and travel writing. He is currently working on The Book of Jacks, an equally quirky history of our most popular first name featuring its mysterious origins, multiple meanings and extraordinary bearers.
Charles Nevin's CV
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THE BOOK OF JACKS
Release UK: 2nd Oct 2008
Publisher UK: Mainstream
ISBN: 978-1845
Publisher UK: Mainstream
ISBN: 978-1845
Synopsis
What's in a name? Juliet doubted its importance in the matter of her Romeo, but we know what happened to them. Names are important. And first names particularly. People react to them even before meeting their bearers. Parents agonise over their choice. Children agonise over it too. Small wonder when you remember the challenging time laid on by his dad for the boy named Sue. Jack, though. Always popular, it has become one of the most common names throughout the English-speaking world over the last 25 years, topping lists in most countries. But how much do all these new Jacks know about their name?Charles Nevin has explored history, folklore, legend and fiction to emerge with the definitive list and lexicon of the world's most remarkable Jacks, their potted profiles packed with interesting facts and gripping anecdotes. How did Jack the Ripper get his name? How did Jack Daniel, of bourbon fame, die? What was the secret of the success of Jack 'Snuffy' Tracy, music hall trombonist and husband of Britain's most renowned stripper, Phyllis Dixey?
All the answers are contained in The Book of Jacks, a remarkable collection of larger-than-life hell-raisers, handfuls, heroes and relishable eccentrics.
What's in a name? Juliet doubted its importance in the matter of her Romeo, but we know what happened to them. Names are important. And first names particularly. People react to them even before meeting their bearers. Parents agonise over their choice. Children agonise over it too. Small wonder when you remember the challenging time laid on by his dad for the boy named Sue. Jack, though. Always popular, it has become one of the most common names throughout the English-speaking world over the last 25 years, topping lists in most countries. But how much do all these new Jacks know about their name?Charles Nevin has explored history, folklore, legend and fiction to emerge with the definitive list and lexicon of the world's most remarkable Jacks, their potted profiles packed with interesting facts and gripping anecdotes. How did Jack the Ripper get his name? How did Jack Daniel, of bourbon fame, die? What was the secret of the success of Jack 'Snuffy' Tracy, music hall trombonist and husband of Britain's most renowned stripper, Phyllis Dixey?
All the answers are contained in The Book of Jacks, a remarkable collection of larger-than-life hell-raisers, handfuls, heroes and relishable eccentrics.
Lancashire, Where Women Die of Love
Release UK: 9th Sep 2004
Publisher UK: Mainstream
ISBN: 978-1840
Publisher UK: Mainstream
ISBN: 978-1840
Synopsis
Enough! For far too long, Lancashire has languished under the grimy pall of smoke and muck and mills and mines, smothered by the easy put-down that the north of England is just ‘up there’ and 'grim'. But Lancashire is not up there. Lancs is actually situated in the centre of the British Isles. And far from being grim, it is a place of wit and wonder, romance and surprise, a land of exotic influence whose people have always looked beyond frontiers and seas. Balzac, the great French writer, recognised these affinities and yearnings in the Lancashire people when he had one of his characters declare that ‘Lancashire is the county where women die of love’. Mock if you like, but then think about it: where is the magnificent thoroughfare that inspired the boulevards of Paris? Where did they go to film Brief Encounter, the most romantic British film ever made? Which city informed the great vision of C.G. Jung? Where did the young Shakespeare dream and draw his inspired imaginings? Where do you think Britain’s only bullfighter is from? Where will the new Las Vegas be? Join Charles Nevin, Fleet Street journalist and humorist, as he returns to his roots and reveals all this and more. Discover the true Camelot and the beauty that is rugby league. See where Lancastrians go to die, but first visit Lost Lancashire and its great twin and revived cities, Manchester and Liverpool. Come to Salford, Oldham, Darwen and Oswaldtwistle, find out what happened when Mr Engels and Mr Gandhi met Old King Cotton and wonder at its suitably exotic, exciting and significant legacies, including the vibrant Lancashire Asian communities. Mull over why Britain’s greatest comics, from Laurel to Coogan, Formby to Vegas, Dodd to Kay, Fields to Wood, Morecambe and Dawson, have all come from Lancs. Mere coincidence? Give over, and read on . . .
Enough! For far too long, Lancashire has languished under the grimy pall of smoke and muck and mills and mines, smothered by the easy put-down that the north of England is just ‘up there’ and 'grim'. But Lancashire is not up there. Lancs is actually situated in the centre of the British Isles. And far from being grim, it is a place of wit and wonder, romance and surprise, a land of exotic influence whose people have always looked beyond frontiers and seas. Balzac, the great French writer, recognised these affinities and yearnings in the Lancashire people when he had one of his characters declare that ‘Lancashire is the county where women die of love’. Mock if you like, but then think about it: where is the magnificent thoroughfare that inspired the boulevards of Paris? Where did they go to film Brief Encounter, the most romantic British film ever made? Which city informed the great vision of C.G. Jung? Where did the young Shakespeare dream and draw his inspired imaginings? Where do you think Britain’s only bullfighter is from? Where will the new Las Vegas be? Join Charles Nevin, Fleet Street journalist and humorist, as he returns to his roots and reveals all this and more. Discover the true Camelot and the beauty that is rugby league. See where Lancastrians go to die, but first visit Lost Lancashire and its great twin and revived cities, Manchester and Liverpool. Come to Salford, Oldham, Darwen and Oswaldtwistle, find out what happened when Mr Engels and Mr Gandhi met Old King Cotton and wonder at its suitably exotic, exciting and significant legacies, including the vibrant Lancashire Asian communities. Mull over why Britain’s greatest comics, from Laurel to Coogan, Formby to Vegas, Dodd to Kay, Fields to Wood, Morecambe and Dawson, have all come from Lancs. Mere coincidence? Give over, and read on . . .