My reading year: 223 books read, two of my own published.
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@irnewton.bsky.social discussing his new book with John Wroblewski. Global Games is available in paperback or eBook from Amazon www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78n...
The photo that earned me the ire of Boris Becker and the entire Centre Court crowd, including Princess Diana. Full story - and many more - in my book, Global Games.
That time my archery lesson in a motel car park was stopped by the police - only for us to discover we'd impaled the target on the motel sign. One of many stories in my new book, Global Games - a compilation of columns from Global Traveler magazine. Out now in paperback and ebook at Amazon.
Available soon. A compilation of more than ninety columns by @irnewton.bsky.social originally published in Global Traveler magazine. "Dispatches from a lifetime spent chasing down the strangest, boldest, and most exhilarating sporting traditions on the planet."
Today would have been Richard Burton's 100th birthday. Go behind the scenes of the most famous relationship in the world in Taylor & Burton in Africa by @irnewton.bsky.social. Available at Amazon in hardback, paperback and for Kindle.
Richard Burton died on this day in 1984. Witness his relationship to Elizabeth Taylor on safari and behind closed doors in Taylor & Burton in Africa. Just $5.31 for Kindle, or free with Kindle Unlimited. www.amazon.com/Taylor-Burto...
Once Johannesburg's top hotel, the Carlton has been boarded up since 1997. In its glamorous 1970s prime, it hosts Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the denouement of Taylor & Burton in Africa by @irnewton.bsky.social.
You know what ISN'T an AI-generated book? This:
A lively exploration of life, love, marriage, cinema, celebrity, wildlife, class, race, and post-colonial Africa through the prism of the most famous couple in the world.
In the mid-1970s, in the midst of a life crisis, Peter Sellers visited Victoria Falls. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton encounter him there in a pivotal chapter of Taylor & Burton in Africa by @irnewton.bsky.social
New cover for the paperback of Taylor & Burton in Africa by @irnewton.bsky.social
"In the crosshairs of the advancing cheetah, Richard subverts his adrenaline into a rough-and-ready intoxicant. He’ll take whatever stimulant he can get. This animal, up close, is that."
Two of cinema's greatest voices: James Earl Jones and Richard Burton. They shared the screen in The Comedians, and share a chapter of 'Taylor & Burton in Africa' by Richard Newton.
Graham Greene joined Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on location in Dahomey for the shooting of The Comedians, adapted from his novel, in 1967. He's central to a chapter in Taylor & Burton in Africa by Richard Newton.
In 1967, Marlon Brando visited Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on set in Dahomey. Burton wasn't happy. "Sure as dammit he bedded Elizabeth during 'Reflections in a Golden Eye'." It's the basis for a memorable chapter in the novel 'Taylor and Burton in Africa' by Richard Newton.
"In the crosshairs of the advancing cheetah, Richard subverts his adrenaline into a rough-and-ready intoxicant. He’ll take whatever stimulant he can get. This animal, up close, is that."
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The (mostly) true story of three milestones in the most famous relationship in the world - played out in Africa.
Out now. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Africa. A novel with an all-star cast. Part melodrama, part comedy.
