Chris is playing it by the book; Former wild man finds a new life in writing autobiography.Byline: Graham Young CHRIS Evans is coming to Birmingham next week to sign copies of his first autobiography, It's Not What You Think. He says 'first', because he's still only 43, has plenty more living yet to do... and now has the bug for writing. "It's the first time I've sat down to try to structure something and I liked it," he says. "Perhaps I might even be able to write a film now!" Never the type of guy to stop at just one thing, the former Warrington council house boy has always lived life in the fast lane. Losing his father at the age of 13 propelled him through a string of 20 jobs and into Manchester's Piccadilly Radio on his way to fame, fortune and a certain notoriety NOTORIETY, evidence. That which is generally known. 2. This notoriety is of fact or of law. In general, the notoriety of a fact is not sufficient to found a judgment or to rely on its truth; 1 Ohio Rep. on both radio and TV in London. Last month it was announced that the star, who once couldn't be bothered to turn up for his Radio 1 breakfast show, would be replacing Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3rd 1938, in Limerick, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) on Radio 2's 7am-9.30am show from January 11. Chris's book details how Radio 2's drive-time show figures went down after he first replaced Birmingham's own Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland. It is the most widely distributed brand of Scotch whisky in the world, sold in almost every country and with yearly sales of over 120 million bottles. four years ago. But he sent them back up again and he isn't fazed faze tr.v. fazed, faz·ing, faz·es To disrupt the composure of; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass. [Middle English fesen, to drive away, frighten about replacing El Tel either. "The reaction already hasn't been as adverse," he says. "And now I'm a known quantity on Radio 2. "I've already done all of the 'clocks' for the show and worked out what we'll do." His enduring success, he says, is not about understanding the 'trick' of reinvention, but an ethos about life itself. Although he's the first to admit he lost the plot when he became too successful, Chris has had the energy and determination to climb back up to the top. "Success is not about reinventing yourself every eight years," he says. "It's about doing it every day so that it's evolution. That's why you shouldn't look back or rest on your laurels. "In the middle of it all I stopped and started to enjoy myself and messed up big time." Because he's learned a new skill, Chris doesn't see writing his book was a case of looking back, more a way of taking himself forward to the future. Nor has constantly delving into his memories led him to dream about the past. "I think when you write things down, it stops you dreaming about them," he says. Chris will be at *Waterstone's, 128 New Street, Birmingham For the railway station, see Birmingham New Street station New Street is a street in central Birmingham, England (grid reference SP069867). It is one of the city's principal thoroughfares and shopping streets. B2 4DB from 5.30pm on Wednesday, October 7. Signed copies cannot be guaranteed and may not carry dedications. Details: 0121 631 4333. CAPTION(S): Radio DJ: Chris Evans. |
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