Nigel Geoffrey Farndale
1964
FAR01130
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Nigel Geoffrey Farndale is the son of
Geoff and Barbara Farndale (FAR0922). Nigel Farndale is an author and journalist, known for
his broadsheet interviews and his novel The Blasphemer. He 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.
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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 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 was asked by Auberon Waugh 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.
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
