Articles tagged book review:
Book Review: Alan Johnson - In My Life
- 23 Sep 2018
I might as well get this out of the way right from the start. This is the best book I’ve read this year. Anyone who doesn’t buy it will never know what they’re missing out on. This is Alan Johnson’s fourth autobiographical book. The other three have been bestsellers and it wo...
BOOK REVIEW: What Happened by Hillary Clinton
- 26 Mar 2018
There are some books you finish reading and think to yourself: “Why in God’s name was this book written?” In the case of Hillary Clinton, I suppose it was cheaper than paying for hours of therapy. Half way through this book I wanted to give up. Indeed, I had that thought afte...
Book Review: The Chris Mullin Diaries Volume 2 - Decline & Fall
- 10 Oct 2010
OK, I am a sucker for political diaries. I can't remember ever reading a set of political diaries which I didn't enjoy. And Chris Mullin's second volume of diaries, DECLINE & FALL, is no exception. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that this volume is better than the first....
Book Review: Shirley Williams' Autobiography
- 6 Jan 2010
This is a political autobiography which has had some mixed reviews. Some reviewers thought that Shirley Williams hadn't dished enough dirt. She was even nice about David Owen, wrote one disappointed reviewer. But isn't that the point? An autobiography is supposed to reflect th...
Book Review: Something Sensational to Read In The Train by Gyles Brandreth
- 1 Jan 2010
I've said it before, and I will say it again, Gyles Brandreth's diaries BREAKING THE CODE are the best political book of the last decade. So when I bought his new volume of diaries SOMETHING SENSATIONAL TO READ IN THE TRAIN I was almost salivating. The book covers 1959 to the ...
Book Review: Paddy Ashdown's Autobiography
- 20 Sep 2009
I don't know about you, but I find nowadays that it takes me three months to read a book, as the only time I have to read is just before I go to sleep. And within three pages my eyes have closed. Indeed, sometimes I wake up at 5am with the light still on and with me still hold...
My Book of the Year - Nicky Campbell's 'Blue Eyed Son'
- 23 Dec 2008
I feel a bit bereft. You know that feeling when you finish a book that you never wished would end? I've got that now. This instant. Four years ago I bought a book I probably thought I'd never end up reading. You know, one of those books which looks quite interesting, but there...
Book Review: FA Confidential by David Davies
- 14 Nov 2008
David Davies was a BBC journalist who in 1994 jumped ship to work for the Football Association, first as spokesman, then as Executive Director. His memoirs are a fascinating account of his twelve years working at the top level of the FA, and they reveal a shambolic organisatio...
Book Review: Cherie Blair's Autobiography
- 29 Jun 2008
Cherie Blair is a woman who people have very strong feelings about. She attracts adoration and loathing in equal measure. She was widely seen as something of an embarrassment for some of her antics (supermarket sweep, singing in China etc) and yet there was always a feeling, e...
Book Review: A Question of Honour by Lord Levy
- 6 Jun 2008
Reading Lord Levy’s book, I felt a slight sense of shame. Having written some fairly terrible things about him on my blog over the last two years, I expected my opinion of him to be confirmed a thousand times over by his memoirs. Yet I have to admit, I finished the book won...