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If I had to be abandoned on a desert island with an actor, I can think of no better co-castaway than Ed. His book is tremendous - particularly when he writes about the early days of punk. He was there, man! He lived it, and his storytelling is vivid and exciting -- Alex Cox

If I had to be abandoned on a desert island with an actor, I can think of no better co-castaway than Ed. His book is tremendous - particularly when he writes about the early days of punk. He was there, man! He lived it, and his storytelling is vivid and exciting -- Alex Cox Always one of the most original voices to come out of the whole punk maelstrom, chivalric Ted Ed Tudor-Pole's memoirs are a feast for lovers of London and all its multiple musical flowerings. This is an account of a rake's progress through London's low- to highlife to match Quentin Crisp's The Naked Civil Servant or Frank Norman's The Guntz. Fellow outsider Ed possesses original wit and intuitive insight... enthralling -- Cathi Unsworth, author of Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth and co-author of Defying Gravity: Jordan's Story An engaging tale, brightly told -- Uncut

If I had to be abandoned on a desert island with an actor, I can think of no better co-castaway than Ed. His book is tremendous - particularly when he writes about the early days of punk. He was there, man! He lived it, and his storytelling is vivid and exciting -- Alex Cox Always one of the most original voices to come out of the whole punk maelstrom, chivalric Ted Ed Tudor-Pole's memoirs are a feast for lovers of London and all its multiple musical flowerings. This is an account of a rake's progress through London's low- to highlife to match Quentin Crisp's The Naked Civil Servant or Frank Norman's The Guntz. Fellow outsider Ed possesses original wit and intuitive insight... enthralling -- Cathi Unsworth, author of Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth and co-author of Defying Gravity: Jordan's Story

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Edward Tudor Pole is an English musician, television presenter and actor. Originally gaining fame in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the punk rock band Tenpole Tudor, Tudor Pole began an acting career following the group's split in 1982. Outside of his music career Tudor-Pole is probably best known as the presenter of the TV game show The Crystal Maze from 1993 to 1995, and for his roles as Enaros in the 1997 fantasy film Kull the Conqueror and Mr. Borgin in the Harry Potter film series.

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