UK & Ireland Books: Non-Fiction
Welcome to the TTG NON-FICTION book thread for the UK and Ireland. Please post your book reviews here good bad and indifferent. If we get a debate going on a particular book or topic, I will extract...
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Not a single book but ANYTHING you can get your hands on by H.V.Morton. While there is no practical information ,such as opening times, etc, you will feel like you are walking along beside him as he...
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Bill Bryson's book, 'Notes from a Small Island' is WONDERFUL! An amusing read and educational info about the UK.Cheers!
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I love all of Bryson's books, hard to decide whether his category is UK or USA. His other book "The Mother Tongue and How It Got That Way" is really good if you like etymology.One of his books about...
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If you like Bill Bryson you may be interested in this pod cast from the Guardian's website (IMHO the best website there is).I don't think you need an Ipod - just a computer that can play sound:It's...
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What's more fun than a literary feud? How about one that involves a fake letter and hidden insults?Two Betjeman biographers at each other's throats, from the NY Times: tinyurl.com/gb9zl
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I have to say I'd be proud of this paragraph....>>>>In an apparent reference to Mr. Hilliers living in a converted almshouse, Mr. Wilson wrote, How utterly pitiable to be some old...
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I have too much time on my hands..I had to figure out the insult! It really is rather funny!
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That is hysterical.I don't like A. N. Wilson. He's horrible to people. I could cope with his pompousness if he was taking the mickey out of himself, but I'm not at all persuaded that he is.OTOH, and a...
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