Maggie Smith: A Biography
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'Coveney is the only writer who could get under Smith's skin, capturing her steeliness and...
You Fascinate Me So: The Life and Times of Cy Coleman
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He penned songs such as Witchcraft and The Best Is Yet to Come (signature tunes for Frank Sinatra...
The Secret Life of Cows
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WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETT. At Kite's Nest Farm the cows (as well as the sheep, hens, and pigs)...
Postcard from the Past
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection...
A London Year: 365 Days of City Life in Diaries, Journals and Letters
Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison
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A London Year is an anthology of short diary entries, one or more for each day of the year, which,...
Writing Home
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Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose...
The Recent Past
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James was the son of the artist Eric Ravilious, and spent all his working life photographing rural...
Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre
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You start with a vision, and you deliver a compromise. You want a play to be challenging, ambitious,...
Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook
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For his many friends and fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the funniest man they'd ever encountered....
The Uncommon Reader
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'Oh Norman,' said the Queen, 'the prime minister doesn't seem to have read any Hardy. Perhaps you...