Ian Hopkins meets Wikipedia!
The wonderfully talented Ian Hopkins recently made it to the famous, Wikipedia!
The wonderfully talented Ian Hopkins recently made it to the famous Wikipedia!
Without further ado, here's Ian's own piece:
Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins (also known as IDC Hopkins or Ian D. C. Hopkins or Ian Hopkins) is a Scottish comedy writer[1][2] and management consultant.
Born in Darvel, Ayrshire on the 16th July 1943, Hopkins attended Kilmarnock Academy before pursuing a career in Industrial Engineering.
Hopkins undertook a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics at London University, following which he became a lecturer in Management at the University of the West of Scotland.
Hopkins comedy writing career began as a contracted writer for Naked Radio, Six of the Best, Not the Nine O'Clock News[3][4], Three of a Kind[5], Naked Video[6] and Spitting Image[7][8].
Hopkins has had three stage plays performed. Albatross Soup (co-authored with John Duignan), Citizen Singh (co-authored with Gurmeet Mattu) and Every Bloody Sunday (co-authored with Gurmeet Mattu).
Hopkins has also had three satirical novels published, each co-authored with John Duignan: Skelp the Aged[9][10] in 2016; The Buick Stops Here[11][12] in 2017; and The Lambshank Redemption[13][14] in 2019.
Hopkins also co-authored Shit Yourself Laughing[15] with Frank Muir.
Read it for yourself, here! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Donald_Cochrane_Hopkins
Also check out Ian's fellow author and co-writer, John's Wiki page, here! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duignan
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