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His biography of arlott won the cricket society jubilee literary award inoxfam bookshop cheltenham david rayvern allen's career has embraced television, radio and bookssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Norman arlott, coalport bone china wren plate, excellent condition read more
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Thus began a great working partnership which, fuelled by a mutual passion for the noble game, bridged the generation gap and ended only with johnston's sudden death insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe friendship between "aggers" and "johnners" became immortalised through that broadcasting classic, but there was a far deeper bond between the two men, as this fascinating book revealsoxfam bookshop ilkley read by jonathan agnew with a foreword read by the magnificent stephen fry with surprise contributions from jonathan's test-match special colleagues!perfect for cricket fans everywhere, thanks johnners is a warm and witty tribute to brian johnston and his time at the helm of test match specialjonathan agnew had grown up to the sound of johnston, arlott, and a young martin-jenkins et al on tms as he followed his father around on the family farm, ear glued to the transistor radio, but the two men met formally only when agnew joined the bbc team at headingley inthe test match special on-air incident, in which jonathan agnew's comment on ian botham's attempt to avoid stepping on his stumps - "he just couldn't quite get his leg over" - provoking prolonged fits of giggles, most notably from brian johnston, has been voted the greatest piece of sporting commentary everhis influence on "aggers" is clearly recognisable in the same amiable and informal manner in which his successor presents test match special todaythanks, johnners is a rich blend of biography and anecdote, of antics and dramas on and off the pitch, in and out of the commentary box, filled with stories about the great names of cricket, including fred trueman, geoffrey boycott, vivian richards, michael holding, and ian bothamas this book demonstrates so convincingly, johnners's wit, warmth and sense of fun was a feature not only of his cricket commentaries, but also in the way he lived his lifejust as tms is the sound of summer, so thanks, johnners is the fresh breeze rippling the long grass of remembered pleasures
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' guardian neville cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his batwhile popularising cricket - while appealing, in cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreduncan hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable, man who virtually invented modern sports writingin the great romantic, award-winning author duncan hamilton demonstrates how cardus changed sports journalism for everhowever, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible educationamong those who venerated cardus were pg wodehouse, john arlott, harold pinter, jb priestley and don bradmanthis is writing every bit the equal of cardus himselfbetween two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with wordsyet cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renownas much sublime writing comes from his keyboard as from cardus's pendaily mail 'hamilton is a worthy biographerinfatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriageand, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attendedthe great romantic uncovers the dark enigma within a golden age' the times'with its verve, insight and generosity of sympathy, this is by some way the best full-length life of a cricket writer, perhaps even of any sports writer
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