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Matthew was born in Lewisham, South London.
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NOW WE ARE SIXTY. Decorations by David Eccles.
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Now We Are Sixty
(Childhood is confusing enough, but compared to middle age...)
Childhood is confusing enough, but compared to middle age it is a piece of cake. When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of A. A. Milne were always on hand to reassure him that other children were just as puzzled and foolish as he was. Now Matthew is sixty, and he has decided it is high time there is an equally reassuring volume for grown-ups who are not only as confused as ever, but also losing their hair, their teeth, and, all too often, their car keys. In Now We Are Sixty, Matthew has taken some of Milne's best-loved poems and rewritten them for the older generation. More than just following Milne's familiar rhythms and rhymes, Matthew has taken great care to reinvent his curious mixture of comedy, keen observation, and wistfulness. David Eccles's delightful illustrations complete the conceit. The result is a delightful volume in and of its own right—and one that the millions of Milne fans will adore. Illustrations by David Eccles
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Now We Are Sixty And A Bit by Christopher Matthew (2003-09-18)
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Christopher Matthew
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Street Peter"s College.
Career
He is best known as the author of Now We Are Sixty, inspired by the poems of A. A. Milne in the book Now We Are Six, and as the chronicler of the life and times of the hapless hero, Simon Crisp, in Diary of a Somebody. As a child he lived in Merle Common, Surrey, and then in nearby Oxted. He spent most of his teenage years in Burnham Market in Norfolk.
He was educated at The King"s School, Canterbury, and read English at Street Peter"s College, Oxford.
After a year spent teaching in a girls" finishing school in Switzerland, Matthew worked as a copywriter in various London advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson, before becoming a full-time writer in 1970. His books include Diary of a Somebody, Loosely Engaged, The Long-Haired Boy (adapted for television as A Perfect Hero, starring Nigel Havers), an annotated edition with Benny Green of Three Men in a Boat, The Junket Manitoba, How to Survive Middle Age, Family Matters, The Amber Room, A Nightingale Sang in Fernhurst Road, Now We Are Sixty, Knocking On, Now We Are Sixty (and a Bit), Summoned by Balls, When We Were Fifty, The Manitoba Who Dropped the Le Creuset on His Toe and Other Bourgeois Mishaps. and Dog Treats: An Assortment of Mutts, Mongrels, Puppies and Pooches.
As a journalist, he has been a travel writer for The Sunday Times, a restaurant critic for Vogue, a property correspondent for Punch, and a television and book reviewer for the Daily Mail. He has written short stories for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 and his radio plays include A Portrait of Richard Hillary, Madonna"s Plumber, and A Nightingale Sang in Fernhurst Road.
He contributed scripts to the Independent Television series, The Good Guys with Nigel Havers and Keith Barron, and a stage play, Summoned by Betjeman, starring Robert Daws, was performed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, the Royal Theatre, Northampton, and Clwyd Theatr Cymru.
In 1983 Matthew, Tim Rice and Benny Green recreated Jerome K. Jerome"s classic Thames journey in Three More Men in a Boat for British Broadcasting Corporation Television. He has appeared many times over the years on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 – among other things as chairman of The Travelling Show, presenter of Something to Declare, Points of Departure and Plain Tales from the Rhododendrons, and panellist on Quote Unquote. Foreign several years he worked with Alan Coren on Freedom Pass (nominated for a Sony Award), and with Des Lynam on Touchline Tales.
In 2012 he recorded a special Freedom Pass episode with Terry Waite, and in 2013 he and Martin Jarvis journeyed back to their childhood homes in Grey Shorts and Sandals.
Most recently he presented a three-hour celebration of the life of Alan Coren – The Sage of Cricklewood – for Pier Productions on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 Extra.
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Now We Are Sixty
(Childhood is confusing enough, but compared to middle age...)
- Now We Are Sixty 6CCD
- NOW WE ARE SIXTY. Decorations by David Eccles.
- Now We Are Sixty And A Bit by Christopher Matthew (2003-09-18)
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Now We Are Sixty
