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John Healy (born 1943) is a writer and former tournament chess player. Early life and personal life. He was born in London in 1943 [1] to Irish immigrant parents in London's Kentish Town. Leaving school at the age of 14, he spent his formative years in the army, where he had a successful boxing career.
John Healey (born 13 February 1960) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, previously Wentworth and Wentworth and Dearne, since 1997.
1 day ago · The victim of a violent father, John Healy sought consolation in alcohol before ending up in prison. He took to chess with a skill matched only by his talent for self-destruction.
May 25, 2012 · Austin Collings chats with author, chess master, ex-prisoner and former boxing champion John Healy, the subject of new documentary Barbaric Genius, which opens this weekend.
John P. Healy (born c. 1967) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of the Air Force Reserve Command since August 3, 2022. [1] He served as the deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve from July 2021 to August 2, 2022.
John Healy (b. 1943) was born into an impoverished, Irish immigrant family, in the slums of Kentish Town, North London. Out of school by 14, pressed into the army and intermittently in...
John Healy has 72 books on Goodreads with 3052 ratings. John Healy’s most popular book is The Grass Arena.
JH. John Healy. Healy was born into an impoverished, Irish immigrant family, in the slums of Kentish Town, North London. Out of school by 14, pressed into the army and intermittently in prison, Healy became an alcoholic early on in life.
Jan 1, 1988 · John Healy's The Grass Arena describes with unflinching honesty his experiences of addiction, his escape through learning to play chess in prison, and his ongoing search for peace of mind.
Summary. John Healy, the son of poor Irish immigrants in London, grows up hardened by violence and soon finds himself overwhelmed by alcoholism. He ends up in the grass arena: the parks and streets of the inner city, where beggars, thieves, prostitutes and killers fight for survival and each day brings the question of where to find the next drink.
