Television commentator and the moral conscience of snooker through his campaigning journalism on the sportClive Everton, who has died aged 87, was known to millions worldwide as the calm, authoritative voice of televised snooker, but of even greater importance was his work as a campaigning journalist for better governance of the game.Through his editing of the magazine Snooker Scene for 50 years, as well as his writing for the Guardian and other newspapers, Clive was engaged in a near-constant battle with snooker’s governing bodies as, he wrote in his 2007 memoir Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards, they “frittered away its potentialities through incompetence, mismanagement and worse”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-03 16:19:28 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#televised snooker
#television commentator
#moral conscience
#campaigning journalism
#sportclive everton
#millions worldwide
#authoritative voice
#greater importance
#campaigning journalist
#near-constant battle
#governing bodies
#memoir
Journalist, biographer and author who explored the history of property ownership in AmericaThe Scottish author Andro Linklater was fascinated by the relationship between people and land. His death at the age of 68 from a heart attack came while he was on the isle of Eigg, researching for a new... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing contract