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Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy – Review
By Clare Jenkins When poet Kate Clanchy first published this warm, engaging and highly instructive memoir in 2019, she couldn’t ... -
My Own Worst Enemy by Robert Edric – Review
By Clare Jenkins I moved to Sheffield from London in the 1980s, to work on The Star, the city’s evening ... -
The Cure for Sleep by Tanya Shadrick – Review
By Barney Bardsley In this strange and feverish memoir – reading sometimes like a fairy tale, sometimes a painful confessional ... -
The Gift of a Radio by Justin Webb – Review
By Helen Johnston I first became aware of BBC journalist Justin Webb when he was working as a breakfast news ... -
Paint My Name In Black And Gold: The Rise of the Sisters of Mercy by ...
By Victoria Holdsworth When people say you should never meet your idols, I disagree – you should always take people ... -
Spinning Plates by Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Review
By Steve Crabtree Everyone who knows me will testify that I’m a fan of Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Put my Spotify on ... -
And Away by Bob Mortimer – Review
By @Roger Crow I’ll never forget that time I first saw Bob Mortimer on TV. It was Vic Reeves’ Big ... -
Real Estate by Deborah Levy – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is the third volume of memoirs by author Deborah Levy, in which she examines, with wry ... -
Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess by Elisabeth Basford – Review
By Sandra Callard A new book about the Princess Mary, or Princess Royal, as she later became, is an exhaustively ... -
The Curse of Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Story by David Clayton Review
By Sarah Morgan Did you grow up in the 1980s? And if so, do you remember when BBC Two used ... -
Jet Man by Duncan Campbell-Smith – Review
By Liam Bird In 1929, RAF Pilot Officer Frank Whittle presented his end of term thesis to the Air Ministry ... -
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman – Review
By Richard Mansfield Since publication of this readable, useful and informative biography, Jacinda Ardern has led her Labour Party to ...