Snooker player Jimmy White by Christopher Thomond
The Guardian interviewed White in April in Sheffield, during the snooker world championships. Despite having failed to qualify for the tournament,
he was in a chipper mood, happy to be celebrating 37 years as a professional player, and seeming content with his life as a sober grandfather, having survived throat cancer, addictions to alcohol, cocaine, crack and gambling, and several years’ of hell-raising alongside his pals Alex Higgins and Ronnie Wood
