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Review of ‘Journeys in the Wild’ by Gavin Thurston

11/05/2022 nsford Leave a comment

A marvellous memoir packed with hair-raising adventures from Gavin Thurston, a cinematographer known for his work on wildlife documentaries. The…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Gavin Thurston, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, TV

Review of ‘My Life in Dire Straits’ by John Illsley

05/05/2022 nsford 5 Comments

An entertaining easy-to-read memoir from bassist and founder member of Dire Straits, John Illsley. I didn’t know much about the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dire Straits, John Illsley, memoir, music, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Seven Ages of Death’ by Richard Shepherd

03/05/2022 nsford 4 Comments

Richard Shepherd’s first book, Unnatural Causes, was a brilliant read. The follow-up book is just as good, maybe even better.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Richard Shepherd

Review of ‘Fire Woman’ by Josephine Reynolds

25/04/2022 nsford Leave a comment

I finished this book in 24 hours! It was an interesting and easy read. The author, Jo, joined the fire…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Josephine Reynolds, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Stalking the Atomic City’ by Markiyan Kamysh

20/04/2022 nsford 3 Comments

It was very strange to be reading this book (in March) during the war in Ukraine, as it was originally…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Markiyan Kamysh, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, translations

Review of ‘The Book of Difficult Fruit’ by Kate Lebo

18/04/2022 nsford 5 Comments

I find fruit fascinating, even though I don’t grow it, cook with it or even eat much of it. I’ve…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Kate Lebo, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Will’ by Will Smith and Mark Manson

31/03/2022 nsford 8 Comments

I happened to be reading Will Smith’s autobiography when his behaviour at the Oscars made the headlines, behaviour which (the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Will Smith

Review of ‘(R)evolution: The Autobiography’ by Gary Numan

08/03/2022 nsford Leave a comment

It’s Gary Numan’s 64th birthday so I thought it was an ideal day to post my review of his memoir,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Gary Numan, memoir, music, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Year of Living Danishly’ by Helen Russell

07/01/2022 nsford 4 Comments

I knew little about Denmark before reading this book, so it was a very interesting introduction to the Danish people…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Helen Russell, memoir, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres’ by Kelefa Sanneh

05/01/2022 nsford 2 Comments

What are ‘genres’ anyway? How do we define them? Are they important? This epic tome by music critic Kelefa Sanneh…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Kelefah Sanneh, memoir, music, non-fiction, reviews

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