Get That Job by Christine Reidhead – Review
One of the many blessings of being an adolescent is that adult pursuits such as finding a job and paying one’s way in the world lie too far into the future to be at all pressing.
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Working At Worple by Ken Noakes – Review
Once again from the pen of my former primary school teacher Ken Noakes has issued forth a gem to keep alive the most precious of memories – those earliest years spent at primary school, in my case the eponymous Worple Road School in Isleworth.
Continue ReadingCrowlink, a Magical Location for School Journeys: an Appreciation by Ken Noakes – Review
A Magical Location For School Journeys – An Appreciation By Ken Noakes is not just a fascinating venture back to an age of innocence for those of us who as children were part of the experience. As a retrospective it serves also to remind us that that innocence was shared, in some degree, by the adults in our company back in those far off days and indeed by society itself.
Continue ReadingOtherwise Perfect by Jenna L. Hughes – Review
Written in diary format, this story is unusual in that the narrative flits between two friends as the chapters alternate, charting a period of their lives and the relationship that they have with one another.
Continue ReadingSpider From Mars: My Life With Bowie by Woody Woodmansey – Review
I was always going to enjoy this read. Whilst it is undoubtedly the case that David Bowie enjoyed the services of some of the most talented musicians alive throughout his long and distinguished career, the Spiders period was the closest he ever came (Tin Machine excepted) to being thought of as the leader of a band as opposed to a strictly solo artist supported by a sometimes ephemeral backing cast.
Continue ReadingThe Girl Who Lived by the River by Mark Daydy – Review
Mark Daydy has written extensively for television and radio over a period of some two decades, working on several award-winning shows. His 2015 Radio 4 sitcom The Best Laid Plans starred Ardal O’Hanlon and his latest sitcom idea has been adopted by NBC-Universal.
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