August 20, 2019• Books
Swan Song is a remarkable novel that explores the life of Truman Capote and his “swans” the society women he hung around with...
August 9, 2019• Books
Emily Nussbaum is The New Yorker‘s TV critic, and this is a collection of her writing about TV from that magazine and others that she...
July 24, 2019• Books, Cycling
My Tour de France inspired cycling themed book marathon continues with Need For The Bike, a classic that I’d somehow never heard of....
July 22, 2019• Books, Cycling
Continuing my non-stop cycling reading during this year’s Tour de France, I turned to a volume has been sitting around on my...
July 17, 2019• Books
Channel 4 burst onto UK TV screens in 1982 – a new commercially funded public service broadcaster. One of the things it would do was...
The first thing to say about this book is that it’s beautifully made. Telling stories from the Tour isn’t a new idea –...
For many people, Geraint Thomas was the surprise of last year’s Tour de France. He had gone into the race as joint leader with Chris...
As the Tour de France is underway – as I write, they’re on the first rest day – I thought I’d catch up on a few...
June 24, 2019• Books
A mystery about secrets and families set in the West Country. It seems like an open and shut case. Heather has been seen walking into a...
May 20, 2019• Books
Anna is living a double life; a true crime podcast is exploring the sinking of a luxury yacht. How are these two things linked? That’s...
