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31st March 2022
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Raring to Go! Star-studded stories from high-flying reporter and sports journalist Ted Macauley
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ABOUT THE BOOK
The autobiography of Ted Macauley, award-winning newspaper reporter, columnist, and sports journalist. A story filled with the excitement of the sports that he covered, tales of enviable assignments, and featuring a host of celebrity friends and sporting superstars, including Mike Hailwood, George Best, Barry Sheene, and many more.
After spending a lifetime writing about the careers and achievements of others, Ted Macauley has now turned the focus on his own life, and the glamorous lifestyle he enjoyed as he travelled to exotic locations, and rubbed shoulders with sporting heroes and Hollywood stars alike.
With many original photos from Ted’s private collection to accompany the text, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the life of a top sports journalist.
Raring to Go! by Ted Macauley
ISBN: 9781787116719
UPC: 6-36847-01671-5
AVAILABLE NOW!
£16.99(UK), $27.50(US), 36.50(CAN)
BULLET POINTS
• An entertaining autobiography from a leading national newspaper sports journalist
• Immerse yourself in Ted's whirlwind lifestyle to meet your sporting heroes and a host of celebrities
• Includes many personal stories about Ted’s lifelong friends Mike Hailwood, Barry Sheene, George Best and more
• Original photos from Ted Macauley’s private collection, featuring sporting superstars and Hollywood actors alike
ABOUT THE BOOK
The autobiography of Ted Macauley, award-winning newspaper reporter, columnist, and sports journalist. A story filled with the excitement of the sports that he covered, tales of enviable assignments, and featuring a host of celebrity friends and sporting superstars, including Mike Hailwood, George Best, Barry Sheene, and many more.
After spending a lifetime writing about the careers and achievements of others, Ted Macauley has now turned the focus on his own life, and the glamorous lifestyle he enjoyed as he travelled to exotic locations, and rubbed shoulders with sporting heroes and Hollywood stars alike.
With many original photos from Ted’s private collection to accompany the text, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the life of a top sports journalist.
Raring to Go! by Ted Macauley
ISBN: 9781787116719
UPC: 6-36847-01671-5
AVAILABLE NOW!
£16.99(UK), $27.50(US), 36.50(CAN)
BULLET POINTS
• An entertaining autobiography from a leading national newspaper sports journalist
• Immerse yourself in Ted's whirlwind lifestyle to meet your sporting heroes and a host of celebrities
• Includes many personal stories about Ted’s lifelong friends Mike Hailwood, Barry Sheene, George Best and more
• Original photos from Ted Macauley’s private collection, featuring sporting superstars and Hollywood actors alike
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ted Macauley is currently the Formula One reporter for the Daily Star Sunday, London, and weekly F1 columnist for Gulf News, in Dubai, UAE. He is also a regular car reviewer for five monthly magazines for Surrey Hills Publishing, and the Lifestyle Editor. He was the Daily Mirror's Chief Sports Feature writer, F1 and MotoGP reporter, until his retirement from the paper in 1997.
Ted met Mike Hailwood at the Isle of Man TT in 1961 when Mike rode all four solo classes and became the first rider to win three races in a week. He was just 21. Their friendship flourished from then until Mike Hailwood’s tragic death in 1981. Ted has written three books about Mike Hailwood’s life and career.
He was educated at Houldsworth School, Reddish, Cheshire, read English language and literature at Stockport College, and then studied Economics and Economic history at the College of Commerce in Manchester.
Place of birth: Manchester • Hometown: Cobham • Nearest city: London
SPECIFICATION
V5671 • Hardback • 21x14.8cm • 160 pages • 107 pictures • ISBN: 978-1-787116-71-9 • UPC: 6-36847-01671-5
–––– NOTES TO EDITORS ––––
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ted Macauley is currently the Formula One reporter for the Daily Star Sunday, London, and weekly F1 columnist for Gulf News, in Dubai, UAE. He is also a regular car reviewer for five monthly magazines for Surrey Hills Publishing, and the Lifestyle Editor. He was the Daily Mirror's Chief Sports Feature writer, F1 and MotoGP reporter, until his retirement from the paper in 1997.
Ted met Mike Hailwood at the Isle of Man TT in 1961 when Mike rode all four solo classes and became the first rider to win three races in a week. He was just 21. Their friendship flourished from then until Mike Hailwood’s tragic death in 1981. Ted has written three books about Mike Hailwood’s life and career.
He was educated at Houldsworth School, Reddish, Cheshire, read English language and literature at Stockport College, and then studied Economics and Economic history at the College of Commerce in Manchester.
Place of birth: Manchester • Hometown: Cobham • Nearest city: London
SPECIFICATION
V5671 • Hardback • 21x14.8cm • 160 pages • 107 pictures • ISBN: 978-1-787116-71-9 • UPC: 6-36847-01671-5
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