24 May
William Trevor was born in 1928. He is an Irish author and playwright, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated four times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer. Read Love and the Summer by William Trevor
James Lambie
James Lambie started in Fleet Street as a sub-editor cum reporter in the Press Association's racing department (1964-74) before being employed in a similar capacity by the Sporting Life from 1974, until becoming that paper's chief northern correspondent (1982-98).
Featured Books, with extracts, by James Lambie
The Story of Your Life A History of The Sporting Life Newspaper (1859-1998) James Lambie
The intriguing story and turbulent history of a paper Charles Dickens praised for its 'range of information and profundity of knowledge', and which Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, simply endorsed with the remark: 'Of course I read The Sporting Life'.... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/09/2010