Medium – Book About the Book – Sandi Toksvig, the British/Danish presenter and comedian (and ex-Chancellor of the University where I did my Masters, so I’ve met her!), presents an almanac of the year, covering important and interesting facts about women – one for each day of the year. For each month, there is aContinue reading “2021 Book #29 – Toksvig’s Almanac 2021”
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2021 Book #10 – Bonkers: My Life
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Read by the author (Jennifer Saunders), this audiobook of her autobiography describes Jennifer’s life both in the comedy spotlight and outside of it. In it she talks through her various comedy successes (and failures) with a good pinch of the humour that she is famous for. She talksContinue reading “2021 Book #10 – Bonkers: My Life”
TBR Pile #9 – The Secret Political Adviser
Medium – Book About the Book – Michael Spicer (‘M’) is the Secret Political Adviser – one of the head honchos at Axworthy, a never-spoken-of group who advise world leaders through the use of in-ear headphones when they are giving their most famous speeches. Working both in the UK and US, the group work withContinue reading “TBR Pile #9 – The Secret Political Adviser”
Book #19 – Mythos
Prompt – A book by an author who has written more than 20 books. Including books of screenplays, Stephen Fry has! Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Stephen Fry takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Greek myths, starting from the very dawn of time, right through the arrival of the Gods onContinue reading “Book #19 – Mythos”
Book #7 – Ayoade on Top
Prompt – ‘A book with a pun in the title’ – hmmm…. sort of, it’s more like word play, but I’m counting it! Medium – Book About the book – Richard Ayoade writes a sort-of autobiographical, sort-of serious film criticism of ‘View from the Top’, a early 2000s film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo.Continue reading “Book #7 – Ayoade on Top”
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