Timpson's Norfolk Notebook [OP]: A Personal Survey of a Rather Special County

by John Timpson

A wonderful collection of writer and broadcaster John Timpson's writings about Norfolk, its ancient and subtle landscape, legends and traditions.

185 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2001

About the author

John Harry Robert Timpson OBE was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter.

His experiences in broadcasting provided Timpson with material for several books: "Today and Yesterday" (1976), "The Lighter Side of Today" (1983) and "The Early Morning Book" (1986). After his retirement from the BBC he returned to Norfolk and continued writing, especially about England and East Anglia in particular. These included a novel "Paper Trail" published in 1989 and two works on the quirks and oddities of English life - "Timpson's England" (1987) and "Timpson's Towns" (1989). Subsequent books included "Timpson’s English Villages" (1992), "Timpson’s Other England (1993)", "Timpson’s English Country Inns" (1995) and "Timpson on the Verge" (2002).

In 1987 he was awarded an OBE for his services to broadcasting.

Reviews

[Christine Rolls · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting collection of stories about places and people of Norfolk.