He grew up in a Cumbrian market town during the war, living above the pub. Expected to leave school at 15, he won a scholarship to Oxford.
Back in the Day: A Memoir
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978152939445026/05/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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My theory and practice is to say yes to life and then I'll see how I manage along the way. Part memoir, part manifesto of a fiercely independent spirit; intelligent and lyrical.
The Soul of a Woman
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The charming, funny wartime diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945: the latest Slightly Foxed limited edition.
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Stroud is generous and honest company in this second book of memoir, this time about her first year of motherhood.
My Wild and Sleepless Nights
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A comic masterpiece of a memoir: the subject, chiefly, is the Irish filmmaker Brian Desmond Hurst, who once described himself as tri-sexual - "the Army, the Navy and the Household Cavalry"..... read more