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Author
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Nigel Geoffrey Farndale 1964
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Nigel Geoffrey Farndale is the son
of Geoff and Barbara Farndale
(FAR0922).
Nigel Farndale is a British
author and journalist, known for his broadsheet interviews and his
novel The Blasphemer.
Nigel Geoffrey Farndale, married
Mary Craig-McFeely in 1992.
Their son, Alfred Edmund Douglas
Farndale (FAR01343)
was born in 1998.
Their son, Samuel Digby Martin
Farndale (FAR01358) was born
in 2000.
Their son, Joseph (Joe) Benedict Rex
Farndale (FAR01394)
was born in 2004
Before becoming a writer, Nigel read
philosophy for a Master’s degree at Durham University. He is the son of a sheep
and dairy farmer from Wensleydale, and worked as a farmer there himself for a
few years. He now lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife Mary and
their three children
Farndale grew up in the Yorkshire
Dales, was educated at Barnard Castle School, read philosophy for a
master's degree at Durham
University and worked as a farmer before becoming a journalist
— he wrote an abusive letter to Auberon Waugh, who then asked him to write
for Literary Review. After that he worked on Punch magazine
and Country Life magazine before moving to the Sunday Telegraph,
where he remained for twenty years as a feature writer and columnist. He now
writes for The Times.
He is the author of six books,
including The Blasphemer (which was shortlisted for the Costa
Novel Award) and Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce (a
biography shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial
Prize). His latest novel is The Road Between Us.
As
a journalist he has interviewed a host of celebrities and public figures from
Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, the Dalai Lama and Henry Kissinger, to Elton John,
Prince Charles, Hillary Clinton, Paul McCartney, George Best, and Stephen
Hawking. He writes for various newspapers and magazines, including The
Observer, FT, Spectator and Country Life, and has won a British Press Award for
his interviews in the Sunday Telegraph.
His
appearances on Radio 4 have included Loose Ends, Broadcasting House and Between
Ourselves, a programme in which he and Lynn Barber compared notes on the
art of the celebrity interview.
He
has written six books: three novels, two biographies and a collection of
interviews. His latest novel is The Road Between Us.
The Blasphemer was shortlisted
for the 2010 Costa Book Awards and selected for the WH Smith Richard
and Judy Bookclub. His biography Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and
Margaret Joyce was published in 2005 and shortlisted for that
year’s Whitbread Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
As a journalist he has written for
various magazines and newspapers including The Observer, Sunday
Times, The Times, Financial Times, Daily
Telegraph and Spectator.
He has won a British Press Award and
three commendations for his interviews, and was the joint subject of a
programme about interviewing on Radio 4 when he and Lynn
Barber compared notes on Between Ourselves. His interview
subjects have included Henry Kissinger, Mick Jagger, Woody
Allen, the Dalai Lama, Prince Charles, Elton John, Hillary
Clinton, Donald Trump, Paul McCartney, George Best, Jimmy
Savile and Stephen Hawking.
https://www.nigelfarndale.com/
Publications
The
Road Between Us. London, 2013. ISBN 0-385-61913-8
The
Blasphemer. London, 2010. ISBN 0-385-61779-8
Haw-Haw:
The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce. London, 2005. ISBN 0-333-98992-9
Flirtation,
Seduction, Betrayal: Interviews with Heroes and Villains. London, 2002. ISBN 1-84119-644-4
Last
Action Hero of the British Empire: Commander John Kerans 1915–1985. London,
2001. ISBN 0-571-20825-8
A
Sympathetic Hanging. London, 2000. ISBN 0-7043-8141-9
