Marvellous by Neil Baldwin
Bishops and archbishops, top footballers, politicians and actors...they all count him as their friend. Prime Ministers and senior royals stop and listen to his opinions. He's got an honorary degree and his very own football club. There was even a movie about him on national television. But who is Neil Baldwin? At Keele University they hold regular celebrations and chapel services for the decades he's been the friend of students, academics and vice-chancellors. But he's never been a student, or a teacher, or had any formal connection with the place. At Stoke City Football Club, he's 'more famous than the players.' He's even got a dialogue going with the Queen, though that one's still a little one-sided. But who is he, and what's he famous for? When he was a boy in a working-class part of the Potteries in the fifties and sixties, the education system wrote him off. But Neil thinks 'you can get things by asking for them.' He also thinks his late Mum wanted him to have a happy life, and it's his duty to her to have one. So he does. This is the inspiring and, at times, hysterically funny story of Neil's extraordinary life.
'You don't feel sorry for Neil Baldwin, you want to be like him' - Gary Lineker; 'My best signing ever' - Lou Macari, former manager of Stoke City FC
Francis Beckett is a contemporary historian, author, journalist, dramatist, and playwright. His eighteen works include biographies of four Prime Ministers, the first of which is about Clement Attlee, his own political hero. He's written for a number of national publications, but he's best known for his work for the Guardian, where he was a regular feature writer and reviewer for many years. His plays have been broadcast on the radio and performed at the London Fringe Festival. He is the current editor of Third Age Matters, the national journal published by the University of the Third Age. He is a former president of the National Union of Journalists and a Labour Party and trade union press officer and editor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784186432 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784186430 |
| Title | Marvellous |
| Author | Neil Baldwin |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-08-13 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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