Ewan Hooper Ewan Hooper Ewan Hooper (Born on 23 October 1935 in Dundee) is a Scottish actor who is a graduate from, and now an Associate Member of, RADA. Hooper was the motivating force in the foundation of the Greenwich Theatre, which opened in 1969. Hooper was the founder director of the Scottish Theatre Company formed in Glasgow in the 1980s. He is best remembered as the priest in "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave", along with a recurring role as Camp Controller Alec Foster in Jimmy Perry and David Croft's "Hi-de-Hi!". Television roles Detective Sergeant Smith in 1970s series "Hunters Walk".
Jon McGregor which included the British novelist Tim Parks and the Trinidadian writer Elizabeth Nunez, described "Even the Dogs", a novel detailing the highs and lows of drug addiction, as a "fearless experiment". McGregor described it as "a real honour to have been selected from such a huge list of fantastic works from around the world." He was the first British writer to win the award since Nicola Barker in 2000. Jon McGregor Jon McGregor (born 1976) is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, making him the youngest ever contender.