Noel Botham
Noel Botham (23 January 1940 – 23 November 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and prolific author.
He wrote books on the love-life of
Career
Botham was educated at Dulwich College and apprenticed on The Croydon Advertiser, then became the foreign editor for the Daily Sketch at the age of 21. He went on to work for many tabloids, including the News of the World where he was chief investigative reporter for a period. Later, he became European editor of the National Enquirer.[2]
In 1997, at the funeral of television presenter Hughie Green, Botham revealed that Green was the biological father of entertainer Paula Yates. Selling that information to the press is reported to have earned him £100,000.[1] In 2008, Botham was portrayed by Danny Webb in the BBC Four drama Hughie Green, Most Sincerely.
After his death, The Daily Telegraph referred to Botham as "one of the hard-drinking reporters who made British newspapers the liveliest in the world".[1] Roy Greenslade in The Guardian called him "the epitome of a Fleet Street scandal-monger and happy to be regarded as such".[2]
Books
His book about Princess Margaret, Margaret: The Untold Story (1994) he published her love-letters to Robin Douglas-Home, the pianist and nephew of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the former prime minister. These also appeared in the News of the World.[1]
Botham's book,
In addition to his many published biographies and books of trivia, Botham wrote Catch That Tiger (2012), about Major Douglas Lidderdale's capture of an Afrika Korps Tiger Tank in 1943.[4] The book became "something of a bestseller".[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Noel Botham". The Daily Telegraph. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ a b c Greenslade, Roy (3 November 2012). "Noel Botham - journalist, author, bon viveur and heroic drinker". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-101-94851-4.
- ^ Tank Museum: How did they catch that tiger?
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