Louis Barfe (born 1973 in

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) is an English writer of non-fiction.Author biography at AM Heath literary agency website
. Retrieved 2011-03-03. Barfe graduated in Politics from Lancaster University in 1995, where he stayed on for a 4th year as the elected editor of the university newspaper SCAN.Mention in Lancaster University internal bulletin
''Inkytext 348 Part II''. Retrieved 19 March 2011. He worked as a journalist on the book trade magazine ''Publishing News'' from 1998 to 2002, and as a freelance journalist has worked extensively for '' Private Eye'', ''

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'' and '' Radio Times'', and has also written for the ''

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'',New Statesman - writers - Louis Barfe
''New Statesman'' (London). Retrieved 4 March 2011. ''

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'' and the '' Sunday Telegraph''. He was, until June 2005, the deputy editor of ''Crescendo and Jazz Music'' magazine. Since 2005 he has appeared extensively on

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, mostly on the afternoon show, with Graham Barnard, Chris Goreham, Roy Waller and Stephen Bumfrey, talking about archive television, and has contributed to programmes on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3,

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and BBC Radio 5 Live. His first book, ''Where Have All the Good Times Gone? The rise and fall of the record industry'',Kane, Pat (25 June 2004)
"The day the music died"
(book review). ''The Independent'' (London). Retrieved 3 March 2011.Brown,Helen (9 May 2004)

(book review). ''Daily Telegraph'' (London). Retrieved 7 March 2011. was published in 2004 by

Atlantic Books Atlantic Books is an independent British publishing house, with its headquarters in Ormond House in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. It is perhaps best known for publishing Aravind Adiga's debut novel '' The White Tiger'', which r ...

. Atlantic also published his second, ''Turned Out Nice Again: the story of British light entertainment'',McKay, Sinclair (25 November 2008)
"Nice to see them, to see them?"
(book review). ''Daily Telegraph'' (London). Retrieved 7 March 2011. which came out in 2008; and his biography of the comedian

Les Dawson Leslie Dawson Jr. (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife. Early life Les Dawson w ...

, ''The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson'',Deacon, Michael (30 January 2012)
"The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson by Louis Barfe: review"
(book review). ''Daily Telegraph'' (London). Retrieved 28 November 2018. which was published in 2012. He ran in the 2010 United Kingdom general election as an independent candidate in Waveney.

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Louis Barfe's blog
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