Librarian note:There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this nameGraphic designer, art director, photographer, book- and magazine-editor. He is best known as co-founder of the British, street-style magazine i-D in 1980.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_J...
Children with Alison Telfer : Sally (b. 1974) and Bill (b. 1976).
Was the shortest member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, having been about an inch shorter than Terry Gilliam.
Has a mild speech impediment - he has trouble pronouncing the letter "r".
Has a degree in Modern History from Oxford University.
Supported a motion to impeach British Prime Minister Tony Blair after the war "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
Father was Welsh and his mother was English (Anglo-Saxon ancestry).
Has directed three of the four films that have been banned in Ireland (Most notably, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life ).
He attended Royal Grammar School in Guilford, where he was Head Boy, and graduated from St. Edmond Hall at Oxford.
Was diagnosed with bowel cancer in the early stages. [October 2006].
Member of Monty Python along with John Cleese , Michael Palin , Graham Chapman , Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam.
Born in the same town as actor Timothy Dalton.
Younger brother of Nigel Jones.
(January 2008) Co-wrote an opera, with Luis Tinoco , that premiered in Lisbon, Portugal on January 12, 2008. Jones turned his collection of short stories into a libretto for the production, which he is also directing. It is about machines trying to take over the world and involves cars, motorbikes, washers, dryers, parking meters and gigantic vacuum cleaners, all singing opera on stage.
Has a daughter, Siri (born 2009) with Anna Sderstrm.
Knew Eric Idle and Michael Palin from university.
(22 September 2016) Diagnosed of primary progressive aphasia.
Wrote and acted for Oxfords equivalent of the Cambridge Footlights.
Has been diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a type of dementia. This disease erodes the brains ability to use language and eventually speech becomes impossible.
Because she shared the exact same name as "Monty Python" writer/actor Terry Jones , her name was changed to Tee Jay for her second appearance on the 10 February 1982 edition of "The Benny Hill Show" .
I only ever threw a chair at John [Cleese] once. . . I think.
My elder brother, Nigel, was my guru in all things cultural. He formed,my tastes. Told me what I could listen to and what I should avoid.
I went up to Oxford ready to be intimidated by everything and everybody.
I remember having lunch with Graham [Chapman] once and having nothing to,say really. That was always my feeling with Graham. He was on a,different planet, a wonderful mystery, Graham in his own world.
Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language.
Medieval learning was really advanced. .
