Talk:Jake Thackray

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Birthplace?

Leeds, West Yorkshire, or Pickering, North Yorkshire? Sources conflict. When I met him, he spoke in a decidedly N. Yorks accent, almost Geordie. Edith Waring (talk) 18:41, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All the sources cited in this article say Leeds as far as I'm aware. OR, but I looked up his birth registration on Genes Reunited, and it says Leeds North. --Nicknack009 (talk) 19:35, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think his birth was registered in "Leeds North". The current source, which is an obituary by Alan Clayson in The Guardian, just says "Leeds", not Kirkstall. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 22:48, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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What did Jake study at Durham?

There's disagreement about Jake's course of study at Durham. His Guardian obituary says modern languages. A Durham University site says English language and literature, as does this review of his biography. Various notes around the web seem to support the latter. Can we resolve this? Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 22:07, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jean-de-Nivelle, thank you for those two sources. It looks like it's two to one in favour of English Language and Literature. It seems that Alan Clayson, in his obit in The Guardian, may have been mistaken here. I have no objection to you correcting this and adding those two new sources to support. Thank you. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 22:39, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another source

Long, good, article here [1]. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]