Writer Sarfraz Manzoor is appointed a university chancellor of his hometown, Luton.
Sarfraz Manzoor said writing his book, Greetings from Bury Park, helped to put "Luton on the map"A film writer appointed chancellor of a university in his hometown says he wants to "give something back" to the place that changed his life.
"No matter what I've done, there is a part of me that is still that kid in the jumble sales, still that kid in the Arndale Centre, and rather than trying to be embarrassed about that, feels proud that's who I was, and am." "But then I thought, 'if you think about the journey from Bury Park to this campus, and the journey from wearing clothes from jumble sales to wearing robes, I thought maybe the students may listen to me for five minutes, in a speech'.
The massive Bruce Springsteen fan, whose book was inspired by him, said he wants to be a "hands on" chancellor., as its "curator of conversations" - a title he made up, he said."Some will be alumni from Luton, and others will be people who I think are interesting and people might want to hear.
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