A LOCAL author will be exploring the life of a renowned boxer and hard man in his new book. Jamie Boyle, from Middlesbrough, is set to publish his seventh novel, Roy Shaw Mean Machine. Due to be ...

Sir Roy Shaw, the former Secretary ... The book showed his wide browsing on the matter — he was able to pose such questions as “Did Orson Welles read Bertrand Russell?” — and it also ...

Roy “Pretty Boy” Shaw, who has died aged 76, was an associate of the Kray twins and one of the East End’s most notorious villains; he served time for armed robbery before becoming a champion ...

Hereford Films punches with Roy 'Pretty Boy' Shaw biopic. By Tom Grater 2016-10-03T12:33:00+01:00. No comments. EXCLUSIVE: Mark Harris will portray the bare knuckle boxing fighter in UK crime drama.