JOHN NICOLSON M.P.

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JOHN NICOLSON M.P. @MrJohnNicolson

@authorpetermay Mrs Ross was based on an old lady who visited my Dad when he was the manager of the DHSS office at Anderston in Glasgow. He served her tea when she came in to make a claim. Dad makes a cameo as ‘Mr Conrad’ the bank manager. So called as Conrad was his favourite author. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 4, 2022

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@authorpetermay Ah I’m so pleased you did Peter. There were two books - ‘Mrs Ross’ and the sequel ‘A Flight of Steps’. Penguin renamed Mrs R ‘The Whisperers’ after the movie came out. I thought the film with Edith Evans so so but loved the radio drama starring Effie Morrison. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 4, 2022

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JOHN NICOLSON M.P. @MrJohnNicolson

So pleased that the wonderful Peter May has read - and enjoyed - one of my uncle Bobby’s novels. I know I’m biased but I think they’re outstanding, and so evocative as he says. Made into a movie too, winning Dame Edith Evans an Oscar nomination. — PolitiTweet.org

@MrJohnNicolson I finally managed to get hold of a copy of “The Whisperers” and read it. What an engaging tale, an… https://t.co/2pRcrRNU8r

Posted May 4, 2022