Spike Milligan: Man of Letters

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy – Eddie IzzardMilligan is the Great God to all of us – John CleeseClose in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense * Guardian *That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man – Stephen FryManifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal – Terry WoganA totally original comedy writer – Michael PalinPulls together bundles of Milligan’s wonderfully witty and wacky correspondence spanning four decades * Daily Mail *

Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Over the course of his astonishing career, he wrote over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children’s stories.

Norma Farnes was Spike Milligan’s agent, manager, mother confessor and friend for thirty-six years. Her books include Spike: An Intimate Memoir, Memories of Milligan and Milligan’s Meaning of Life. She lives with her partner in London and Yorkshire.