• Gregory Clarke designs sound for MISTERMAN at the National Theatre
  • Kate Saxon directs THE REAL THING for English Touring Theatre
  • See BELONG by Bola Agbaje at the Royal Court Upstairs
  • Buy THE IMMORTAL DINNER by Penelope Hughes-Hallett
  • CHARLOTTE STREET by Danny Wallace is in bookshops now
  • Richard Bean's ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS plays the Music Box Theatre, NY
  • Fin Walker choreographs THE TEMPEST at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
  • Naomi Dawson designs KING JOHN for RSC at Swan Theatre, Stratford
  • THE FORGOTTEN ECHO by Henry Chancellor is in bookshops now
  • Neil Austin lights EVITA on Broadway
  • Richard Bean's ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Theatre Royal Haymarket
  • David Mercatali directs UK Tour of TENDER NAPALM
  • IN THE VAN by Clare Bayley on BBC Radio 4 at 10:45am and 7:45pm
  • Lloyd Wood serves as Associate Director on SWEENEY TODD at Adelphi
  • Jonathan Kent directs SWEENEY TODD at the Adelphi Theatre
  • Ti Green designs RICHARD III for RSC at Swan Theatre, Stratford

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Trevor Norton

Trevor Norton

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About

Trevor Norton is a marine biologist and was Professor of Marine Buology at Liverpool University until his retirement. He also was Director of the Marine Laboratory there. Trevor is currently working on his new book IMAGINATION AND A PILE OF JUNK due to be published by Hodder and Stoughton in 2013. He lives with his wife by the sea.

Praise for SMOKING EARS AND SCREAMING TEETH (2010):

'Wonderful ... Trevor Norton, himself a marine biologist, strikes the right mixture of wit and awe in his discussions.' The Telegraph

 'Wonderful ... Professor Norton writes with engaging fluency and is easily understood by the non-scientist ...' The Independent

'This is a rip-snortingly entertaining omnium gatherum of the riskiest and most extraordinary experiments in the history of science and medicine, told in breezy pop-science manner.' The Daily Mail

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SMOKING EARS AND SCREAMING TEETH
2010
Cornerstone
Many have followed the advice of the great Victorian scientist Jack Haldane to ‘never experiment on an animal if a man will do’ and ‘never ask anyone to do anything you wouldn’t do yourself.’ This book celebrates the great eccentrics who have performed dangerous experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind.
UNDERWATER TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN
2006
Century
This is the beautifully told tale of Norton's growing love of the sea, from family holidays in Whitley Bay as a boy, to his first over zealous attempts at diving.
REFLECTIONS ON A SUMMER SEA
2002
Century
The funny and touching story of a menagerie of eccentric and talented ecologists who spent forty summers at Lough Ine,
STARS BENEATH THE SEA
2000
Century
The story of a bunch of intrepid and inspired men who pioneered the exploration of the last great unknown: the deeps of the sea.
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