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Norman Shrapnel (5 October 1912 – 1 February 2004) was an English journalist, author, and parliamentary correspondent.
4 de jul. de 2022 · Norman Shrapnel (1912-2004) was a political and cultural journalist, author, and nature-lover. He worked and reported for The Manchester Guardian (and later The Guardian ), the BBC and various other magazines, journals, and newspapers in the ’ 50s, ’ 60s and ’ 70s.
One of the greatest parliamentary sketch-writers of all time, Norman Shrapnel, made a point of never socialising with the politicians whose performances he chronicled. ‘I was worried it...
Norman Shrapnel (1912-2004), journalist and author, was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 5th October 1912. Educated at The King's School, Grantham, he started working as a journalist in the late 1930s in Birmingham writing for the Birmingham Gazette, Evening Despatch, and Sunday Mercury.
Norman Shrapnel, the wise and kindly parliamentary correspondent of the Guardian back in the day when it was a readable newspaper, tried never to give a book a bad review.
4 de abr. de 2023 · Norman Shrapnel was the Manchester Guardian and Guardian’s parliamentary correspondent throughout the 1950s to the 1970s. He was well-respected by his peers and loved by readers. His work is at once funny and intellectual, yet also cuts straight to the point.
18 de abr. de 2014 · NORMAN Shrapnel was an English journalist, author, and parliamentary correspondent. Born in Grimsby, he was educated at The King’s School, Grantham. In 1947, after war service in the RAF, he joined the Manchester Guardian as reporter, book reviewer, and theatre critic.
