{"id":108,"date":"2026-01-03T11:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-01-09T19:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:42:44","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/?page_id=108","title":{"rendered":"Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Close to the Mark &#8211; The Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/ef66d2_25ef04cb64814f6b9ef57910fba63e24~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_373,h_281,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto\/ef66d2_25ef04cb64814f6b9ef57910fba63e24~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/ef66d2_efca009885a9441cb397bf1433c0c9e2~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_189,h_281,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto\/ef66d2_efca009885a9441cb397bf1433c0c9e2~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/?page_id=114\">Purchase a copy<\/a>\u00a0of &#8220;Close to the Mark&#8221; and you will automatically be entered into Mark&#8217;s\u00a0next memorabilia raffle free of charge, saving you \u00a32.50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bDuring his illustrious career, Mark has experienced and witnessed a great amount of, let&#8217;s say, &#8220;interesting stuff&#8221; and many hilarious and sometimes outrageous &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; situations have up until now remained in his head as treasured memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bMark has catalogued some of the best of these golden moments and included them in his book &#8220;Close to the Mark&#8221; which was published in June 2015, The book also contains over 170 photographs, many of which have never been seen before. He also personally illustrated them to include special graphics and maximum size and resolution. All of this coupled with months spent researching dates, times, names, going through old press cuttings and diaries for optimum accuracy. The book also includes a definitive and highly detailed Magnum discography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b&#8221;Close to the Mark&#8221; is still available and can be ordered through our web store and purchased at Mark&#8217;s live shows. All books are personally signed (to the name of your choice) and hand numbered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bTo order your copy simply go to our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/?page_id=114\">store page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and follow the simple instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Close to the Mark &#8211; The Book SPECIAL OFFER Purchase a copy\u00a0of &#8220;Close to the Mark&#8221; and you will automatically be entered into Mark&#8217;s\u00a0next memorabilia raffle free of charge, saving you \u00a32.50 \u200bDuring his illustrious career, Mark has experienced and witnessed a great amount of, let&#8217;s say, &#8220;interesting stuff&#8221; and many hilarious and sometimes outrageous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markstanway.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}