Tag: British history
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The Skin Map
Well, this was not good. Not good at all. I’m not going to pan it and trash it, the author writes fairly well but this book was all over the (skin) map and was a real slog to get through. Remember, I’ve been through Life of Johnson and Decline and Fall so when I say Read more
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Ken and Me
Review: This is the autobiography of both William Roache and Ken Barlow as their lives are completely intertwined, and both are as dramatic and fascinating as anything that the writers at Coronation Street could come up with. First of all, a sort of disclaimer. This book is copyright 1993 and the amount of change in Read more