Michael Ffinch

Michael Ffinch was born in 1934 in Kent and was a well-known broadcaster and acclaimed author. He published several books of poetry in addition to his highly regarded biographies of, among others, Cardinal Newman and G K Chesterton, for which he was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. Michael Ffinch collaborated on more than 50 programmes for Radio 3 and 4, as well as a number of television programmes. He died in 1999.