Davis Hunter

Davis was born in the town of Johnston , in the Renfrewshire area , Scotland , his parents are Scots. When he was 4 years old, the family moved to the city of Dumfries (in the south of Scotland) and they lived there until Davis was 11 years old. Davis often recalls the hero of his childhood, center forward of the local Queen of the South football team, Billy Houliston ^[4] .

When Davis was 11 years old, his family moved to Carlisle , and he entered Creighton School. Davis lived in Carlisle before entering university. At this time, his father, a former British Air Force accountant who developed multiple sclerosis , was forced to resign from service for health reasons. Hunter Davis graduated from the sixth grade at Carlisle Grammar School and was awarded a place at the College of Durham University to further prepare for his diploma with honors in history, but after the first year of study he switched to a general art course. He developed his writing skills by participating in the publication of the university newspaper Palatinate . After completing the course of study, he stayed in Durham for another year to receive a teacher’s diploma.

After graduation, Davis worked as a journalist. In 1965, he wrote the novel Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush , according to which the film of the same name was quickly shot (the film was included in the program of the 1968 Cannes Film Festival ^[5] , but was not shown, since the festival was prematurely interrupted due to events May 1968 in France ). Davis put forward the idea of ​​writing a biography of The Beatles during a conversation with Paul McCartney , when Davis met with him to discuss the possibility of creating McCartney's main song for the film. McCartney liked the idea of ​​the book and he advised Davis to get the approval of Brian Epstein . Epstein agreed - and as a result, an authorized biography, simply called The Beatles , was published in 1968.

John Lennon noted in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 1971 that he considered the book "bullshit" - but Lennon at that time generally energetically debunked the "myth of The Beatles" and all those who helped create it ^[6] .

In 1972, Davis wrote a book rightfully considered one of the best books ever written about football, The Glory Game ^[7] ( Russian. Game to Victory ) - a backstage portrait of the Tottenham Hotspur football team. Davis also wrote a column about his daily life in Punch magazine called “Father's Day,” portraying himself as “a baited family father.” In 1974, he was sent by the Sunday Times to look at the work of a comprehensive school. Davis wrote three articles and then stayed at Creighton School in en: Muswell Hill , North London , now part of en: Fortismere School - to observe and learn for a year. As a result, in 1976 a book was published entitled Creighton Report ( Rus. Crichton Report ) ^[8] .

Davis also wrote a biography of mountain climber Alfred Wainwright and many works on the topography and history of the Lake District of Britain.

From children's literature, he wrote a series of short stories “Ossie”, “Flossie Teacake” and “Snotty Bumstead”.

As a " literary Negro, " Davis worked on autobiographies of footballers Wayne Rooney , Paul Gascoigne, and Dwight Yorke . The publication of Wayne Rooney's biography led to a libel lawsuit filed by David Moyes , manager of the former Rooney club, Everton . Davis also wrote, as a guest writer, an autobiography of politician John Prescott , published in 2008 under the title Prezza, My Story: Pulling no Punches ^[9] .

Davis writes a football column for New Statesman magazine ^[10] , which is written in his signature humorous, “disrespectful” tone. A collection of articles from this column was released as a book, The Fan ( Russian Fan ), in 2005 by Pomona Press. Davis writes the column “Confessions of a Collector” for the Guardian color weekly ^[11] . He wrote a book about his collections under the same title.

Hunter Davis has repeatedly noted that the first football team he supported when he lived at Dumfries was Queen of the South FC ^[4] .

Moving to Carlisle at the age of 11, Davis joined the English Football League club Carlisle United FC ^[12] . He is vice president of the Carlisle United Supporters Club London Branch [1] .

While living in London for a long time, Davis is also a member of the Tottenham Hotspur English Premier League fan club ^[13] .

In international football, Hunter Davis is a fan of the Scottish national team ^[14] .

Davis is married to writer Margaret Forster; their daughter, Kathleen Davies, is also involved in literary work. Since 1963, they have been living in Hampstead , the northern suburbs of London . They also have another house near Loweswater in the Lake District , where they leave for the summer months ^[15] .

• Here we go, round the mulberry bush (1965)
• The Beatles , (1968) ^[16]
• The Beatles , (1978), McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-015463-5
• The Beatles , (2nd Revised Edition, 1985), McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-015526-7
• The Beatles , (Illustrated and Updated Edition, 2006), WW Norton & Company. ISBN 0393328864, ISBN 9780393328868
• The Creighton Report: A Year in the Life of a Comprehensive School , (1976), Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-89412-3
• Come On, Ossie! (1985) illustrator Malou Bonicos . Bodley Head Children's Books: ISBN 0-370-30895-6
• Ossie Goes Supersonic (1986) illustrator Malou Bonicos . Bodley Head Children's Books: ISBN 0-370-31007-1
• Ossie the Millionaire (1987) illustrator Malou Bonicos . Bodley Head Children's Books: ISBN 0-370-31111-6
• Wainwright: The Biography (1995), Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-3909-7
• A Walk Round The Lakes , (2000), Orion. ISBN 0-7528-3390-1
• The Quarrymen , (2001), Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-8526-X
• Confessions of a Collector , (2009), Quercus. ISBN 978-1-84724-604-2

• The other half
• The New London Spy (1966)
• The rise and fall of jake sullivan
• I Knew Daisy Smuten
• A Very Loving Couple
• Body change
• A walk along the wall
• George Stephenson
• William Wordsworth
• The grades
• Father's day
• A walk along the tracks
• Great Britain: A Celebration
• Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat
• Snotty bumstead collection
• A walk around London's parks
• A good guide to the lakes
• The Joy of Stamps
• Back in the USSR .
• Beatrix potter's lakeland
• My life in football
• In search of columbus
• Striker
• Hunting people
• The teller of tales
• Living on the lottery
• Born 1900: A Human History of the Twentieth Century - For Everyone Who Was There . ^[17]

• Journalisted - Articles by Hunter Davies