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Review of ‘The Teleporter’ by Lee Hall

20/02/2022 nsford Leave a comment

I enjoyed this fun, wacky short novel. It’s a mixture of satire, slapstick humour, superhero sci-fi and American noir. The…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, humour, Lee Hall, reviews, science fiction

No Buttons On My Cardigan – a poem

18/11/2021 nsford 11 Comments

Can somebody listen, please? My cardi’s flapping in the breeze. The fabric’s cosy, the length is long, But without buttons…

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Posted in: Poetry, Writing Filed under: humour, poetry, trends, writing

Review of ‘Watching Neighbours Twice A Day’ by Josh Widdicombe

01/11/2021 nsford 4 Comments

A very amusing memoir from comedian Josh Widdicombe about growing up in a tiny Devon village, where he spent much…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, humour, Josh Widdecombe, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, TV

Review of ‘Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years’ by Sue Townsend

10/09/2021 nsford 2 Comments

What were you up to in 1997-8? The Cappuccino Years is the first Adrian Mole diary which covers an era…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, humour, reviews, Sue Townsend

Review of ‘Re-run the Fun: My Life as Pat Sharp’ by Pat Sharp, Darren Richman and Luke Catterson

29/08/2021 nsford 7 Comments

“Wacky! Fun! Crazy! It’s outrageous!” So began the theme tune of Fun House, a kids’ game show which anyone who…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, humour, memoir, non-fiction, Pat Sharp, reviews

Review of ‘The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole’ by Sue Townsend

17/06/2021 nsford Leave a comment

This slim volume is a sequel to The Secret Diary and The Growing Pains, but is a collection of shorter…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, humour, reading, reviews, Sue Townsend

Review of ‘The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole’ by Sue Townsend

17/05/2021 nsford 6 Comments

The events in this book are set in 1982-3, following immediately on from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, humour, reviews, Sue Townsend

Review of ‘A Del of a Life’ by David Jason

29/04/2021 nsford 5 Comments

A fabulous autobiographical book by national treasure Sir David Jason, this is a collection of ‘life lessons’. It’s very readable,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Jason, humour, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down’ by Nicey and Wifey

24/03/2020 nsford 9 Comments

This is the book I read when I need cheering up. Based on a website from the early 2000s (it’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, humour, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Much Obliged, Jeeves’ by P G Wodehouse

18/06/2019 nsford 7 Comments

This is the 8th Jeeves and Wooster novel I’ve read. I confess that all the stories seem the same to…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, comedy, fiction, humour, P G Wodehouse, reviews

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