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Oct 18, 20211 min read
908. Helen Lewis - Difficult Women
Sub-titled ‘A history of feminism in 11 fights’ this is very good, a mix of intelligent journalism and at times scholarly text. The...
Dec 3, 20201 min read
831. Stephen Fay & David Kynaston - Arlott, Swanton And The Soul...
The full title continues ‘of English cricket'. But I couldn’t really work out whether it was a parallel biography of these 2 cricket...
Mar 31, 20161 min read
388. P. J. O'Rourke - Holidays In Hell
Didn’t enjoy this at all; very dated and the humour seemed to me to be 2nd rate Clive James. Not entirely sure why I read it; except that...
Oct 10, 20141 min read
253. Miles Jupp - Fibber In The Heat
Lots of books as birthday presents. This I don’t think is one of the most distinguished, but people know I am a cricket fan. Miles Jupp,...
Sep 25, 20141 min read
249. Nick Davies - Hack Attack
This is the book by the Guardian journalist about the phone hacking at the News of the World. It is also (as part and parcel of the...
Apr 12, 20141 min read
198. Simon Hoggart - A Long Lunch: My Stories and I'm Sticking To Them
A journalist’s reminiscences/anecdotes about the people he has met and had dealings with. Hoggart is (or was, I think he may have died...
Jun 15, 20131 min read
118. Richard Brooks - The Great Tax Robbery
Journalist/ex tax inspector exposes the complicity between modern governments, capital and multinationals re tax avoidance, tax...