Which novelist was a King's Scholar at Eton, a policeman in Burma, a dishwasher in Paris and a Republican soldier in Spain?
A Handbook for Travellers in Spain performed under so humble a title." Ford marked, with George Borrow the eccentric English traveller, an interest in Spain that would continue through the twentieth century on the part of British writers: Gerald Brenan, Norman Lewis and George Orwell were among the most eminent of these successors, with Jason Webster (the author of "Duende", "Andalus" and "Guerra") and Chris Stewart (the author of "Driving Over Lemons") being contemporary. The original edition was published by John Murray in 1845 in two volumes. The following year in 1846 he prepared a more manageable version entitled "Gatherings from Spain" which included some extra
Ask a Policeman not a remake, 2007's "Hot Fuzz" borrowed the plot device of policemen uncovering organised crime in a sleepy area of rural England. The makers of the Indian film "Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum" (2015) have acknowledged "Ask a Policeman" as an influence on it. Ask a Policeman Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel which stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. The title comes from the popular music hall song "Ask a Policeman". The Turnbotham Round police force are threatened with dismissal by their Chief Constable and decide to manufacture some smugglers