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Pages in category "Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sid Chaplin, 1916–1986 – writer; Charles I, 1600–1649 – prisoner in Newcastle 1646–47; Catherine Cookson, 1906–1998 – bestselling author; Joseph Conrad, 1857–1924 – writer, served on Tyne colliers in 1878 [6] Lucio Costa, 1902–1998 – Brazilian architect, designed masterplan of Brasília, grew up in Newcastle
Joseph Crawhall II was a man of many talents. As well as a wood engraver and writer, he was a businessman, patron of the arts, campaigner for the preservation of architecture, collaborator of Charles Keene, book designer, collector of antiquities, and keen angler, as well as becoming secretary of the Newcastle Arts Association in 1880.
Ian La Frenais OBE (born 7 January 1937) is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement.They are most famous for television series including The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge and its sequel Going Straight, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned a degree in English. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is one of six children; his father was an optician and his mother a nursery-school teacher.
John Marshall (Newcastle publisher and printer) Thomas Marshall (songwriter) James Maughan; John McLellan (songwriter) William Mitford (singer-songwriter) T. Moor (songwriter) James Morrison (Geordie songwriter) John Morrison (songwriter)
Brian Leonard Redhead (28 December 1929 – 23 January 1994) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster. [2] He was a co-presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death.
Humphrey Wollrich (1633–1707), Quaker writer. [1]Philip Astley (1742–1814), equestrian, inventor and father of the modern circus [2]; Silvester Harding (1745–1809), artist and publisher, who joined a company of strolling actors at age 14 [3]