Spencer Leigh on Muck Rack

Spencer Leigh

Liverpool
As seen in: The Guardian, MSN UK, The Independent (UK), USA Today, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News UK, Yahoo Singapore, South Wales Echo, Western Mail, Birmingham Mail, Dumfries & Galloway Standard and
Covers:  Popular music, Beatles, Liverpool
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Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, many many times.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

A purveyor of information and hopefully truth.

Why did you become a journalist?

It developed from other interests.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Book and radio series, Let's Go Down The Cavern,

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Don't let rejections get you down.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Open all hours.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Doing the Beatles Encyclopaedia with Hunter Davies.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

If the weather is nice, reading in the summerhouse or walking in the pine woods. .

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

Now Dig This
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