Norman Lewis
Norman Lewis was born in 1908. His early childhood was spent partly with his Welsh spiritualist parents in suburbs on the edge of north London, and partly with half-mad aunts in Wales. Forgoing a place at university for lack of funds, he used the income from wedding photography and petty trading
– including selling lost umbrellas and cameras – to finance travels in Spain, Italy, Morocco and the Balkans, as well as racing Bugattis. A visit to southern Arabia and the Yemen on behalf of the...
