Barry Ward

Male

Rutland

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Oakham
About Me:: A journalist for 54 years, mainly on sport. Lived in Sydney for 17 years and with colleague Tony Reeves investigated the 1975 killing of newspaper editor Juanita Nielsen, murdered for what she was about to publish on organised crime and corruption. For the safety of his loved ones, Barry was forced to leave Sydney in consequence and returned to the UK where he resumed his career in sports journalism. He became Travel Editor of Golf Monthly magazine and now runs a golf-travel website, www.posh-golf-travel.com. Barry's book on the murder, written as a novel for legal reasons, is entitled The Girl Who Knew Too Much. It is available via http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/65301 where sample chapters may be down-loaded.
I Am A:: Reader, Writer, Publisher, Editor
Website:: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4483922-death-and-corrupt...
Books And Authors I Like:: Many and varied. I have catholic tastes and a voracious appetite. Examples:
Bird Song by Sebastian Faulks
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
The Final Days by Woodward & Bernstein
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Films: Lawrence of Arabia; The Cruel Sea; A Bridge Too Far;
All The Presidents' Men; The Shawshank Redemption.

TV: Not much. Mainly wildlife documentaries and some sport.