Baron Barrymore Halpenny is a commercial artist, executive editor, writer and historian of traditions and culture."A Season of Traditions", Lincolnshire Standard, 4 April 1986 Working for several publications, he is best known for his book cover illustrations for Ghost Stations for which he has also been editor for the newly released series; also known for writing 'Ways of the Wolf'.Waterstones list of Books Edited
Early years Born in Lincolnshire, England, but raised in the mountains of Abruzzo, Italy,Come la vedo io ... e grazie – La Sveglia Periodico Indipendente Ortonese – ANNO XI – N. VIII – 2 Ottobre 1971 where, as a baby, his first taste of Italian fame, was to have his picture in the EXTRA magazine as one of the beautiful babies of the week."I Bambini Piu Belli Della Settimana", EXTRA, 11 October 1971 He is the son of the British historian and author, Bruce Barrymore Halpenny and the equestrian writer, Marion Rose Halpenny.
His childhood was spent between England and Italy with a period in Malta at De La Salle College. Despite passing his 11-plus exam, instead of going to a grammar school, he went instead to his father's old school, De Aston, which in his father's day was a grammar school, but had since changed to a comprehensive.De Aston history
He became involved in horse racing at an early age and is a keen horseman, ."Leasing a Racehorse", Evening Post, 2 February 1985 his racing silks registered at the Jockey Club are black breast, scarlet sleeves and orange cap."Your Chance for some horse trading – Racing by Geoff Ford", Evening Telegraph, 29 January 1985
Graphic design and cartoons At 52, he started to show his artistic merit by creating a special Isle of Man Douglas DC-3 first day cover for the Isle of Man Philatelic Bureau, and received regional press acclaim for this."Top-flight honour for schoolboy", Lincolnshire Standard, 13 December 1985, page 1 The special cover carried a 26p stamp that was specially issued by the Isle of Man to mark the anniversary of the aircraft."Special Dakota", Evening Telegraph, 5 December 1985 Not only did he do all the graphic design work, but he was even responsible for the special handstamping of the covers. The Isle of Man was particularly interested in the anniversary because of the high volume of air mail handled by Dakotas at that time, and also the link between the names of Douglas, Isle of Man, and Douglas DC3 Dakota, which Baron cleverly showed in his hand stamp.Graphic Design Questions to Baron Halpenny
On leaving school he became a professional artist and photographer, but later concentrated on illustrations and cartoons. In the late 1980s, he did architecture and graphic design in Italy with Nicola di Renzo at Techno Consult and later moved more into the graphic design field before establishing himself as a commercial artist."Baron's Pen is Peerless", Grimsby Evening Telegraph, 15 June 1987 His most notable book cover illustrations are for his father's cult books, Ghost Stations.
He is also known for his illustrations and cartoons,The Air Cadet, April 1990 especially his contract bridge themed cartoons, some appearing in bridge magazines.Bridge Magazine, Christmas 2000, Number 37
Writer and editor Halpenny is noted for his "ability to write about things many people take for granted", especially from his early days, where he had from his early teens been studying and writing about traditions and culture."Tradition grew in paradise", Christmas Cracker, 1985, page V
He is a magazine editorLincsMag Staff and Writers and also the book editor of several publications.Amazon Books
Environmentalist He is an environmentalist and conservationist whose advocacy for environmental causes is well known, as is his love of the countryside and animals from a young age."Signs of Spring", Lincolnshire Standard, 28 February 1985 He is part of several causes, supporting various organisations but in particular the Wolf Preservation Foundation, of which his father is president. References