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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...
Oct 19, 20211 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...
Dec 3, 20201 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...
Apr 1, 20161 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,...
Oct 11, 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...
Sep 26, 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...
Apr 13, 20141 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...
Jun 16, 20131 min read