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| Jan Needle - Baxter Ferret or Boddington Stoat? |
* Reposted from 9 May 2014 *
In memory and appreciation of Jan Needle, 1943--2023
When I was making plans for a party to celebrate the new edition of Jan Needle's Wild Wood I began to fantasize about asking all the guests to arrive dressed as the character who most closely resembled their secret self. The male guests would have had a generous choice: the Big Four from Wind in the Willows -- Rat, Mole, Badger and Toad ( and perhaps Otter for the more elusive spirits) and then Wild Wood's dour ideologue Boddington Stoat, flamboyant champagne socialist, O.B.Weasel, geriatric Harrison Ferret and any number of old sea rats and enthusiastic volunteers. I would be Wild Wood's Daisy Ferret, the tyrannical illogical mother, always ready to lash out with her ladle at any furry offspring within range while dimpling at O.B.Weasel's waistcoat and raising the kitchen stress-levels.
| Off to the party Francis Wheen & Simon Heffer or Badger & Toad? |
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Jan Needle
British writer (1943–2023)
"James Needle" redirects here. For the singer, see Jamie Scott.
James Albert Needle (8 February 1943 – 9 October 2023), known as Jan Needle, was an English author. He wrote over thirty novels, as well as books and plays for adults and children, books of criticism, cartoons and radio and television serials and series.
Biography
[edit]James Albert Needle was born on 8 February 1943 in Portsmouth,[1] where he also grew up, coming from a family with strong naval and military connections. After studying to becoming a journalist and despite poor grades in English, he moved to the northwest of England at age 20 to work for the Daily Herald newspaper. At 25 he took a Drama degree course at Manchester University, quitting full-time journalism after working for various papers. His first novel, Albeson and the Germans, was published in 1977.[2] His first work for television was the one-hour drama A Place of Execution.[3]
In his early career, Needle wrote three books related to the popular BBC television series Grange Hill and its spin-off series Tucker's Luck which ran for three series from 1982 to 1984.
His best-selling novel is The Bully, which has been translated into multiple languages an