A shiver runs down my spine whenever a customer says these eight little words. What makes one person laugh can leave another confused, irritated even. My fondest memory is of my younger brother laughing out loud while reading Just William by Richmal Crompton, his dimpled cheeks quivering with delight at a little boy (not unlike himself) who gets up to all kinds of mischief usually accompanied by his scruffy mongrel, Jumble. While my mother would giggle discreetly to herself whenever …
Category: Biography & Memoir
The incomparable Patti Smith celebrates the passing of another decade in her life with The Year of the Monkey. In her seventieth year, this prolific punk-rock poet sets out on …
Michael Harding is an author and playwright. His creative chronicle of ordinary life in the Irish midlands is published as a weekly column in the Irish Times. He has written numerous …
Reading makes me happy. When I can combine it with my love for the Great Outdoors, I am positively elated. This entwining of two wonderful things can happen two ways: …
Despite being someone who has to be virtually at death’s door to even contemplate visiting a doctor, I’ve read a fair few medical biographies recently: Brainstorm, Admissions, No Tears Left… …
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