Louis Barfe (born 1973 in Epsom, Surrey) is an English writer of non-fiction.
[2][3] He worked as a journalist on the book trade magazine Publishing News from 1998 to 2002, and as a freelance journalist has worked extensively for Private Eye, The Oldie and Radio Times, and has also written for the New Statesman,[4] The Independent, The Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph.
He ran in the 2010 United Kingdom general election as an independent candidate in Waveney.
[9][10] When he was asked to write a biography of Morecambe and Wise, his initial thought was: surely there's nothing new to be said about the comedy duo.
But he was able to find a fresh perspective on well-worn events when he began interviewing key figures from the lives of the comedians.