Tag: Book Review
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Read: The Swart Brothers
Click or not: Read: The Swart BrothersWhen you meet Russell Jones, you know straight away that he’s a cycling tragic. His enthusiasm for and knowledge of the sport, its history and its protagonists is second to none, and sometimes you’ll be thinking he is going to burst as he talks excitedly and non-stop for the duration of the time it takes… …
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Read: Icons
Click or not: Read: IconsYes, Wiggins is like marmite – you either like him or your hate him. But the one thing you can’t take away is that he gets it. The why. Co-written with historian Herbie Sykes, ‘Icons’ is a homage to the riders that for Wiggins have shaped cycle racing. You could liken it to a Desert… …
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Read: Draft Animals
Click or not: Read: Draft Animals“If you want to sell books, you’ve got to stir up some shit.” Salman Rushdie. Ok, I might have made that quote up, but there’s a possibility the master of fatwa sex once said something along those lines. Maybe Phil Gaimon goes by that mantra, though I highly doubt it, having just finished his latest… …
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Read: Girl In A Band
Click or not: Read: Girl In A BandWords: Fiona Byrne It must be difficult to reflect on places and events in your life that you know are beloved by thousands who may even define their own lives through them. To honour each moment in a way that maintains the fantasies, or to recount those times through an experience-weary lens that knows how… …
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Rollins Rips On Seuss
Click or not: Rollins Rips On SeussThe older Henry Rollins gets, the more I like him. Which is to say, not much these days, but more than I liked him when he was a younger, more intense asshole who bullied kids who were just trying to do an interview. It seems since he got greyer and jowlier he also attempted to become more self-deprecating and… …