This Was Written by Nick Webb and I added the links. Once I was a publisher whose last job was as the UK gaffer of an improbable American corporation. Then I became a scribbler. My experience on both sides of … Continue reading
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Wish You Were Here: The Offical Biography of Douglas Adams – New Introduction
Wish You Were Here: The Offical Biography of Douglas Adams – New Introduction It’s hard to believe that Douglas Adams died at the age of only 49 on 11 May 2001, a decade ago. Happily his writing is still ubiquitously … Continue reading
Wish You Were Here: The Offical Biography of Douglas Adams
Wish You Were Here: The Offical Biography of Douglas Adams Time has stretched like chewing gum. Surely it cannot be a decade since Douglas Adams died? He seems to be everywhere. His books can be found, as they say, in … Continue reading
NICK WEBB – MEMORIAL PARTY
NICK WEBB – MEMORIAL PARTY Fans of the late great Nick Webb, whose obituary I wrote after he died last April, gathered on Saturday last (27 April) for the Unveiling of the Bench. It may be found on the promenade … Continue reading
NICK WEBB – UPDATE
Nick’s funeral will take place on 30 April at St Peter’s Church, De Beauvoir Road, N.1, at 1.00 p.m. He was an atheist, but the vicar isn’t fussy about that sort of thing and Nick was never militant. To my … Continue reading
Nick Webb Obituary
NICK WEBB OBITUARY Nicholas Webb – Publisher and Author – 1949-2012 To know Nick Webb was to fall in love with his wit, intelligence, affability, generosity and self-deprecating charm (“No, no, too much, dear chap. No need to pile it … Continue reading