Funny and heartwarming, this is a dying mans tribute to a sport, and more importantly a team, that he loved. This book was thus a race against the ultimate deadline. Thompson opted to say very little about his predicament, showing admirable stoicism - Captain Scott with a hint of Captain Oates - but questionable literary judgment. It made it harder for his tale to shake off Berkmann's shadow. a b Bennun, David (5 September 2008). "Censorship? How I mourn for Monkey Dust". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 September 2012. The ups and downs of playing sport with your friends - from the joys of just actually scoring to the lows of being let down at crucial points.

Coren, Victoria (12 June 2005). "Having cancer is like a big hard bastard has invited me outside the pub, and when I get there he's brought two of his mates". The Observer . Retrieved 17 September 2012.A must read or listen...... Funny, true, reflective, appreciative, humbling, and realisation that life is no rehearsal. Live life! Greater than the sum of its parts and the closest a book has ever brought me to crying. One of the best sports books ever written. I thought Glen McCready did a wonderful job of reading the book, giving us a range of accents for the great diversity of people we met. I was however impressed with the calibre of the opposition and grounds they were able to play at and the left of effort involved to successfully carry out the tour.

This is one of the funniest books that I have ever read; but it also has some parts that raise other emotions. blow for deathbed widow of Have I Got News For You writer". The Evening Standard. 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 14 August 2020.a b O'Keeffe, Alice (13 November 2005). " 'I don't know how I'm going to get through the next day, let alone the rest of my life' ". The Observer . Retrieved 17 September 2012. Harry William Thompson was born on 6 February 1960 in London. [1] [2] His father was a marketing manager who worked for The Guardian, while his mother was a teacher who campaigned for higher standards in education. [1] He attended the private, fee-paying school Highgate School before going on to study History at Brasenose College, Oxford. There he became editor of the university newspaper, Cherwell, working alongside arts editor Roly Keating, the future controller of BBC2. [1] [2] Thompson's last broadcast work was the Channel 5 sitcom Respectable, on which he finished work the week before he died. [7] Co-written with Shaun Pye, the programme was set in a suburban brothel and aired in 2006. The Guardian criticised the programme's "woefully old-fashioned, juvenile outlook" and called it "drearily unsophisticated". [8] The programme was also criticised in some quarters on the grounds that it made light of prostitution. [9] Other work [ edit ] Harry William Thompson (6 February 1960 – 7 November 2005) was an English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer. He was the creator of the dark humour television series Monkey Dust, screened between 2003 and 2005.

Harry Thompson also produced non-comedy documentaries for BBC Radio. He made several programmes with writer/presenter Terence Pettigrew, starting with anniversary tributes to Hollywood icons James Dean ( You're Tearing Me Apart) and Montgomery Clift ( I Had The Misery Thursday). Pettigrew and Thompson subsequently worked together on a second series of documentaries, including on national service ( Caught in the Draft), and also about the evacuation of children from major British cities during the Second World War ( Nobody Cried When The Trains Pulled Out). Both programmes were presented by Michael Aspel. [ citation needed] It was sad to read what happened to the author of the book as he seemed very full of life and never took no for an answer or shied away from a challenge. Great book, heart renching ending - even though it's the second time I have read this I laughed heartily and cried miserably once again. Thompson, Harry (1991). Tintin: Hergé and his Creation. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-52393-3. If you're not sure if you'll enjoy this book, consider the following extract from the opening chapter:I'd more likely recommend the unabridged book as this book doesn't fully make sense and you don't get to know so much about the characters in it. In a 2005 episode of Have I Got News For You, featuring Alexander Armstrong as host and Fi Glover and Ian McMillan as guest panellists, a message stating "In Memory of Harry Thompson, the first producer of Have I Got News For You (1960–2005)" was displayed. At its heart, it is the true story of someone who epitomised a certain sort of person that this country produced in the 19th century. There was a fantasy of chivalric empire, run by Britons who were gentlemen and played the game. Of course the reality was that our empire was no better than any other. We were busy conniving in the extermination of tribes, robbing natives of their land and we sent droves of brilliant young men, brought up with the chivalric fantasy, to enforce what was in many cases a visibly corrupt system [...] But Fitzroy's morality was iron. He said no. And it destroyed him. [11]