Norman Collins was born in 1907. He was a British writer, and
later a radio and television executive, who became one of the major
figures behind the establishment of the Independent Television
(ITV) network in the UK. In all Norman Collins wrote 16 novels and
two plays.
Ed Glinert read Classical Hebrew at Manchester University and in
1983 founded the city's listings magazine, City Life, which he
edited until 1989. The following decade he was local government
correspondent for Private Eye magazine. He has since written a
variety of books, including The London Compendium and East End
Chronicles, both for Penguin, as well as editing the Sherlock
Holmes stories and the Gilbert & Sullivan libretti for Penguin
Classics.
'The capital's great vernacular novel ! a joyous romp through a slice of London life' - Ed Glinert
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