Advantages: If you like cats and you like travel it's perfect Disadvantages: If you hate cats and dippy women, this one's not for you
...My friend Tina always claimed that the only relationship in her life which hadn’t been dysfunctional was with a Jack Russell Terrier. Exasperated by men both specifically and generally, she went searching for loving company in the shape of a large grey re ...
Advantages: It has an end. Disadvantages: Very tedious, not particularly funny, an author who isn't particularly likeable
Back in the 70s and 80s I recall that novelty hits had a habit of invading the charts - perhaps thanks to Radio 1 DJ s thinking it was funny to play them (or in the case of DLT, make them) and also thanks to Top of the Pops playing anything that was in ...
Advantages: Easy to read Disadvantages: More predictable humour than his other books
In the life and career of Tony Hawks, a couple of periods stand out as being highlights. In recent times, after a career as a comedian, he accepted a couple of stupid bets, firstly to hitchhike around Ireland with a fridge and later to play the entire Mo ...
Advantages: Consistently funny, superbly told Disadvantages: Less charming than his previous books, a little fragmented
...Tony Hawks has something of a reputation for accepting stupid bets - and after his previous two (hitch-hiking around Ireland with a fridge & beating the entire Moldovan national football team at tennis), this one is almost verging on the normal. Although ...
Advantages: Funny and touching in equal measure Disadvantages: The last page came too soon
This book has just about everything; Exotic locations, Superstars of stage and screen and an insight into the strange world of song writing and performing. And believe me it does seem very strange indeed. Below is the description on the books cover which ...
