Advantages: It educates about Islam's roots and the hospitality of the Middle East Disadvantages: I honestly can't think of any
...Blood and Sand is a beautifully written autobiography by BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner. Not only does he tell the tale of the terrible attack he and cameraman Simon Cumbers were subjected to in Riyadh, but he tells it with with an incredibly unweakened love for the Middle East.
Born in London, Frank Gardner went on to study Arabic Studies at university, before securing himself a well-paid job in banking with many exclusive benefits. Feeling something was missing in his life, he reflected on past travel articles he had written as a student and during his early career, recognising that he wanted to become a journalist, and educate the West about the Arabic world.
Gardner goes on to tell of his struggle to get in to journalism in his thirties, clinging on to every contact and offering himself for graveyard shifts and jobs...
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Advantages: Good fun book Disadvantages: Hard to get hold of
...What a Mess and Little Poppet is another book which has been based on the old television series by FrankMuir. My husband has lead me to believe it is from the early 70's but I don't actually remember it as I am way too young!
The book is a small hardback edition and the cover is white with a picture of what a mess sitting down with his arms folded and a little yellow dog making a mess around him. The title is above the picture in red and pink letters. The back cover of the book has a photo of FrankMuir and a small paragraph telling us a bit about him.
The story starts by telling us about princes and how they sit on their throne all day, but not Prince Amir of Kinjan, he was a small fat scruffy puppy who was know to the world as What a Mess. What a Mess was hiding in his compost heap, he always hid in it when he was miserable...
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Advantages: Entertaining readable book, experiences honestly told, no holds barred life story Disadvantages: Frank humour might offend some
...IN A SENTENCE WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
Frank Skinner's first autobiography - an entertaining, deeply candid laddish trawl through the ups and downs of his life and career from his working class background in the West Midlands to his notoriety as a popular entertainer.
WHAT MADE ME BUY IT?
It was through The Frank Skinner Show in the nineties that I first became aware of Frank Skinner (born Chris Collins). This was probably the first chat show I had seen that had an ordinary bloke chatting to stars as if they were ordinary themselves. Which of course they are (but try telling some of them that!) The only person who had got anywhere close to his down-to-earth informal interviewing style was Chris Evans on TFI Friday. Although I thought he was missing something Frank had. The talent for natural acerbic wit mainly, I think. Since...
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