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Jan Morris: A Life by Sara Wheeler – Review
By Barney Bardsley What an impossible task it is, to write a biography of a famous person. Hard enough to ... -
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford – Review
By Barney Bardsley It is rare – at least for this reviewer and voracious reader – to find books that ... -
Overwhelmed by Claudia Hammond – Review
By Helen Johnston When we’ve finished scrolling on multiple social media platforms, flicked through multiple TV streaming channels, listened to ... -
The Bumper Book of Peanuts – Review
By Roger Crow In October 1950, the first Peanuts newspaper strip was printed, and for creator Charles M Schulz, it ... -
Nation of Strangers by Ece Temelkuran – Review
By Barney Bardsley Ece Temelkuran is a Turkish writer, who rose to prominence in her own country, both as a ... -
We Did Ok, Kid: A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins – Audiobook Review
By Roger Crow There’s a moment in the audio version of Anthony Hopkins’ autobiography when narrator Kenneth Branagh is praising ... -
Worst Game Ever by Phil Harrison – Review
By Karl Hornsey We’ve all been there; all football supporters have been there. At the ground, often many miles away ... -
Death In Ambush by Susan Gilruth – Review
By Sarah Morgan You can hardly turn the TV on these days without being confronted by an adaptation of some ... -
What Have I Done? by Ben Elton – Audiobook Review
By Roger Crow Many of us of a certain age remember when Bel Elton burst onto Channel 4 in the ... -
Ruling the Roost: The Managers of Sheffield Wednesday by Richard Crooks – Review
By Karl Hornsey Richard Crooks has already delved into the rivalry between Sheffields Wednesday and United, and looked back at ... -
Jungle Days: Supporting Celtic in the 1980s by John Wight – Review
By Karl Hornsey There can be few more brutally honest and passionate football books than this offering by John Wight ... -
Forgotten Football Clubs of Great Britain and Ireland by Philip O’Rourke – Review
By Karl Hornsey Philip O’Rourke has returned with a second book focusing on some of the football clubs that sadly ...











