Is it enough perhaps to simply recall Wisdom and Secombe (1986) and their enormously controversial position on the matter of the titanic brawl (Medhurst vs Plowdram, 1988), with all those trumpteted flourishes of aspersion during which accusations flew, apples bounced off bald heads, spectacles were disjointed, and a certain sentimental impecuniousness trumpeted measures of brash insistency? Polish...
I bought Alan Bennett's books on tape for my mother. She used to listen to them in bed at night, lying in the dark as Bennett's gentle, querulous voice described the minutiae of his family life in all its banal detail, illuminated by his wonderful observation and humour. Any one of his sentences will raise a smile. A whole book's-worth leaves you glowing with a feeling that all of our lives are equally...
Tony Benn, anyone with any knowledge of politics knows the man. But there is always a divide, you either Love him or hate him (well not him, but his policies).
You listen to Mr Benn, has has such dedication with what he talks about. I would defy ANYONE, to win an argument with him, such a meticulicous man.I certainly dodn't agree with all his policies, but if l picked 1 subject to try and disagree...
The gentle voice of Fergal Keane has been a backdrop to my life - pronouncing the unpronounceable place-names, explaining the unexplainable, refusing to excuse the inexcusable and remaining human in the face of inhumanity. In writing this autobiography he brings the same bravery, the same ruthless search for the truth, as served him in his journalism. Whether in his work or private life, it is all...
David Attenborough hardly needs any introduction; his voice has accompanied so many of the best natural history programs that have graced our televisions over several decades. Life On Air, his autobiography, tells the story of how he has managed to professionalise his schoolboy interests in such a remarkably successful way.
Attenborough's Life On Air began in 1950, having taken a degree...
Given her start in life, it is all the more remarkable that Andrea Ashworth should have turned out to be an Oxford graduate with such a compelling memoir under her belt. Her father died when she was five, her mother was left, poor and isolated in 70s, depressed Manchester to bring up Andrea and her younger sister singlehandedly. Along comes a physically abusive stepfather who sets about dragging...
This slight, charming (and only a little sad) is a walk through the end of Roald Dalh's days...highly recommended for fans that have read all his books, including "Boy," the autobiography of his youth. A generous rounding out of his life story.
She was such a genius. This tape shows why she cannot be impersonated. This is timeless humour that had me crying with laughter as I recognised so may of the situations she put me in and then confronted me with someone from my life in a diffrent guise. Great
This haunting personal odyssey through the political and social convulsions of twentieth century China should carry a health warning: This book will linger in the mind for months to come. Jung Chang recounts through personal memoirs and memories the turbulent and tragic lives of her grandparents and parents in Manchuria early in the century as the country desperately tries to shake off the brutality...
