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Peter Mason (journalist And Author)
Peter Mason (born 24 July 1963) is an English journalist and author. His books include biographies of two great West Indies cricketers-turned-statesmen, Learie Constantine and Clyde Walcott, ''Bacchanal!'' (a study of Trinidad Carnival) and ''The Brown Dog Affair'', about the "brown dog riots" of Edwardian era, Edwardian London, which was made into a BBC Radio 4 play, ''The Strange Affair of the Brown Dog''. Among his other works are ''Jamaica in Focus'', a study of the culture, politics and economics of Jamaica, and a history of Southend United football club. Career As a journalist, Mason's longest running association has been with ''The Guardian'', for whom he has been a staffer on the foreign and sports desks and for whom he is a regular obituarist. He is also an arts critic for the ''Morning Star (British newspaper), Morning Star'' newspaper. In the late 1980s, Mason was among a small coterie of British journalists focusing on writing about green issues. In the early 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learie Constantine
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine (21 September 19011 July 1971) was a Trinidadian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer. He played 18 Test matches for the West Indies before the Second World War and took the team's first wicket in Test cricket. An advocate against racial discrimination, in later life he was influential in the passing of the 1965 Race Relations Act in Britain. He was knighted in 1962 and made a life peer in 1969. Born in Trinidad, Constantine established an early reputation as a promising cricketer, and was a member of the West Indies teams that toured England in 1923 and 1928. Unhappy at the lack of opportunities for black people in Trinidad, he decided to pursue a career as a professional cricketer in England, and during the 1928 tour was awarded a contract with the Lancashire League club Nelson. He played for the club with distinctio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
