COMING UP

Lez Barstow graduated in 1968, after studying Fine Art at Goldsmiths College. Following, he taught Art and Design. Whilst teaching, he completed a number of courses including an advanced course in Film and Photography and in 1973 a full-time course in Film and Television at London’s Hornsey College of Art.

Lez found teaching rather claustrophobic and he left the profession in 1974 to take a Post Graduate Course in Vocational Guidance. In 1975, he was appointed as Information Officer- first with Salford Careers Service and from 1979 with the UK's Manpower Services Commission in London and Sheffield. During his time with the MSC, he worked as a Writer, Editor and Executive Producer on some innovative and award winning educational programmes and print projects. He was privileged to work with some outstanding writers, directors, crews and performers, many of whom such as Billy Connolly, Pamela Stephenson and Judy Finnegan were to become household names in UK broadcast television.

In 1984, Lez decided to pursue a career as an independent Writer, Producer and Director. One of his first clients was the UK Ministry of Defence and over the years, he worked with some of Europe’s leading companies: British Airways, Sony Music and Central Television, to name just a few. He wrote, produced and directed around one-hundred and fifty programmes ranging from education and animation to music promos, commercials and corporates. In 1997, Lez decided to take time out to write and he moved to Dublin where, identifying a gap in the market, he started up a screenwriter’s agency. This became his inspiration for Talent-Channel (A talent website and Internet TV channel) for which he found an investor in 2004, when it became TalentGold.com.

Since returning to the UK, Lez has devoted himself exclusively to developing new writing talent, first through the Manchester Writers Meetup Group and more recently through the Lez Barstow Agency.

Sure enough, Dan is a "Langer"
I came across this little gem about five minutes ago.
Why do people so love to murder the English language? If they can't be bothered to reach for the dictionary, then why not simply click on "Tools".

For Dan's Edification, I have made one or two corrections. Well Dan, Good On Yer! At least you got out of bed!
http://www.irishexaminer.ie/irishexaminer/pages/CrokePark.jpg
REPEAT pitch invasions in[at] Croke Park similar to that witnessed after the sell-out Leinster football final on Sunday carry the risk of injury to supporters and, at worst, the mandatory erection of fencing.
The warning was given yesterday by Stadium manager Peter McKenna who revealed that two stewards had been hospitalised after excited Dublin supporters rushed on to the field at the final whistle.

Additionally, there were reports of children being distressed after separating from parents and people being jostled and bruised in the mayhem. Mr. McKenna said that while pitch invasions were regarded in some places as being ‘a great pageantry and a tradition,’ it was extremely dangerous when you had 81,000 people all trying to get on to a small pitch area.

Short of putting a phalanx [noun (pl. phalanxes) 1 a group of similar people or things. 2 a body of troops or police officers in close formation] of stewards and gardaí around the perimeter shoulder to shoulder — which would be both very costly and provoke aggression — in the event of a ‘serious issue’ developing, the GAA would be compelled to take action. “We wouldn’t even have a decision to make. We would be told to do it,” he added.
[““]However, there comes a point when sometimes it can be safer tallow [to allow] people on to the pitch than to risk a crush at the gates by trying to stop them. All we can do is [to] appeal for common sense to prevail.”
Apparently two stewartds [stewards] ended up in hospital after the dubs ran onto the pitch.
Brainless knackers, I don[']t want a repeat of 99 where we [wernta] weren’t [a]llowed to run onto the pitch at the end.
MAKES ME SUSPECT THAT THE TYPESETTERS ON THE OLD GRAUNIAD CAME FROM CORK!