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Tag: non-fiction

Review of ‘Listening to the Music the Machines Make’ by Richard Evans

15/03/2023 nsford 2 Comments

With a foreword by Vince Clarke and a focus on source material such as the music press and the charts,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, music, non-fiction, reviews, Richard Evans

Review of ‘Us and Them: The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis’ by Mark Blake

07/03/2023 nsford 2 Comments

An entertaining, fascinating history of the design group Hipgnosis, who were behind many iconic music album covers from the 1960s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: art, books, design, Mark Blake, music, non-fiction, Pink Floyd

Review of ‘Beyond the Wand’ by Tom Felton

27/02/2023 nsford 2 Comments

A fantastic autobiography from actor Tom Felton, aka Draco Malfoy. This is a very entertaining book! Not only is it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, films, J K Rowling, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Tom Felton

Review of ‘Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts’ by Rosalind Northcote

23/02/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A very surprising and impressive book all about the English county of Devon. This was my second random pick from…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, non-fiction, reviews, Rosalind Northcote, travel

Review of ‘Adventures in Modern Recording’ by Trevor Horn

04/02/2023 nsford 2 Comments

An entertaining music memoir from one of the most famous producers, Trevor Horn. He tells us about his career, from…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, memoir, music, non-fiction, reviews, technology, Trevor Horn

Review of ‘A History of Insanity and the Asylum’ by Juliana Cummings

27/01/2023 nsford 1 Comment

This is a fascinating topic which I have encountered previously in other history books and also in fiction. The premise…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Juliana Cummings, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Windmills, Picturesque and Historic: The Motors of the Past’ by F H Shelton

23/01/2023 nsford 2 Comments

I like old windmills. It’s partly a nostalgia thing, as they feature in children’s book illustrations and in paintings from…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, F H Shelton, history, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘The Great Railway Bazaar’ by Paul Theroux

17/01/2023 nsford 2 Comments

The title should have been The Great Railway Bore. But I’m getting ahead of myself here. In fairness, this book…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, non-fiction, Paul Theroux, reviews, transport, travel

Review of ‘Pandamonium!’ by Simon Williams

13/01/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A bold, likeable memoir from Simon Williams, founder of Fierce Panda Records. It’s partly about what it’s like to run…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, memoir, music, non-fiction, reviews, Simon Williams

Cake!

17/12/2022 nsford 4 Comments

Now that I’ve got your attention… I wanted to share what else I’ve made from Freya Cox’s book Simply Vegan…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Freya Cox, non-fiction, recipes, reviews

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