Tony Hannan

Tony Hannan is a respected author and currently editor-at-large of the rugby league magazine Forty20 . Among his other books are Being Eddie Waring , Tries and Prejudice - the story of England's first Muslim rugby international, Ikram Butt - and On Behalf of the Committee: A History of Northern Comedy . An ex-Press Association sports journalist, he is also a co-director of Scratching Shed, publisher of books on all aspects of northern English culture.

Tony Hannan is a respected author and currently editor-at-large of the rugby league magazine Forty20 . Among his other books are Being Eddie Waring , Tries and Prejudice - the story of England's first Muslim rugby international, Ikram Butt - and On Behalf of the Committee: A History of Northern Comedy . An ex-Press Association sports journalist, he is also a co-director of Scratching Shed, publisher of books on all aspects of northern English culture. See less