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Richard Newell
I was born in England shortly after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and educated at Oxford and London Universities. After nearly thirty years practising medicine in hospital and g...view moreI was born in England shortly after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and educated at Oxford and London Universities. After nearly thirty years practising medicine in hospital and general practice, mostly in South Africa, I went to sea as a cruise ship's doctor until I had to dry my feet and hang up my stethoscope aged sixty-seven. Those last several years were the most interesting and enjoyable of my whole life: I saw the whole world, my wife travelled with me most of the time, and the children also managed several trips with us, all for a dollar a day.
After my retirement, the decision to try my hand at writing was easy: much of my early life was spent writing essays – mainly literary criticism on German and French works through the centuries (that was the Oxford stint); I had done a fair amount of lecturing; and I had written a series of articles on travel health for a specialist travel magazine. Besides, it makes a nice change from just washing the dishes and mowing the lawn!
My interests are reading (books, magazines, the back of cereal packets, anything!), classical music, travel, bridge, food and wine – in any order, and even at the same time. Once upon a time I played the violin (I even had a string quartet going while at university, just for fun), had a private pilot's licence, shot small-bore rifle for Oxford and rowed for my college.
I believe in the importance of good manners and respect for others.view less