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‘First Born Daughter’ is for anyone who was born into the role of unpaid family manager or simply suffers from hyper independence as a trauma response. It’s part social commentary, part survival guide for daughters, and an exploration of the psychology and reality of what it means to be a woman, a wife and a daughter today.
When Delia Smith first began writing, the industrial revolution, two world wars, food rationing and the removal of cookery lessons from schools interrupted those skills being handed down through generations. Her goal then was to help reinstate the basics of cooking and to remove people’s fear. The response was huge change. Her work was so influential that she had her own entry in the dictionary – ‘doing a Delia’. In this book Delia shares with us what she has learned from a long and eventful life, from navigating London as a teenager to watching pasta being made by the Mediterranean sea. She reflects on what it means to be a human person, how goodness and kindness are eclipsed by oppression and confusion and that true politics can only come from the people. Short, moving and powerful, these nine essays will change the way you think about our future.
This is an illustrated, enhanced and reformatted edition of Johnny Marr’s autobiography, ‘Set the Boy Free’, sumptuously re-imagined with additional archival photography and exclusive updates by Marr himself. A slick redesign integrating the classic text and photographs with expanded imagery from the archives of Angie Marr, this enhanced edition is so much more than the story of the much-loved guitar wizard. It’s the inside track of popular music over the last forty years, laid bare by a musical legend at the heart of it all and never far from the Top 10.
Judi takes us on a heartfelt and hilarious tour of her extraordinary life and career: from growing up in York and being miffed at not getting the part of Mary in the school Nativity, to walking the red carpets of Hollywood and garnering eight Oscar nominations. Yes despite the accolades, she has been accompanied by doubt. From the movie producer who said she had ‘everything wrong’ with her face to the theatre director who advised her against doing sitcom. Is it any wonder she leaves a bag by the rehearsal room door in case she has to make a run for it? But stepping out of her comfort zone has been Judi’s guiding principle. And here, she reveals all in this heart-to-heart conversation. She tells stories of pranks (both on stage and off), dissects her greatest screen roles, shares tales of her joyful marriage to actor Michael Williams, as well as her passion for nature and animals.
George Harrison’s own intimate, beautiful collection of more than two hundred never-before-collected photos of the Beatles at work and at play – the vast majority published for the first time. From 1963 to 1969, George Harrison travelled the world with his bandmates, Pentax in hand, chronicling their impossible path from Liverpool to Ed Sullivan, Adelaide to Rishikesh, the Eiffel Tower to the beaches of Tahiti and beyond. In this extraordinary collection of George’s personal photos and 8mm film stills – curated by Olivia Harrison, George’s widow – are singular images of Paul, John, Ringo, and George and the band’s friends and entourage as they rocketed to stardom and fostered the joyful madness that came to be known as Beatlemania.
‘The Queerest of Folk’ distils Russell T. Davies’s career in television, taking us from his early days working on children’s shows and soaps through to the giddy heights of relaunching Doctor Who and bringing queer relationships onto the mainstream screen. We’re offered a glimpse into the imagination of one of Britain’s most celebrated writers – what it is to feel the spark and flood and burn of ideas popping into your head – coupled with the day-to-day business of meetings and pitches, the frustrations and the hoots, over a career that has spanned five decades.
For Celia Imrie, travel is not simply a passion, it’s a way of life. She is never happier than when on the move. Jump on board with Celia as she journeys back in time and shares the most memorable adventures of her life, riding ocean waves and iconic railways around the world. From tours across Australia with Glenda Jackson, Arctic quests in search of the Northern lights and chaotic cross-country journeys through Europe; to rolling through America’s sweeping plains on Amtrak, glamorous voyages on the Queen Mary 2, and unforgettable trips on India’s legendary trains. All told with Celia’s signature wit and humour, the journeys may be long, but they are never dull – especially when her travel companion Fidelis Morgan is in tow.
A boy lost in the shadow of his father’s legacy. A gifted artist dismissed as just a ‘TV actor.’ A first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31. A maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star. Hollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time.
Over the course of more than 60 years, The Rolling Stones have redefined the rock-and-roll concert time and time again. From the humble clubs and music halls of the 1963 British Tour to the vast stadiums of 2024’s Hackney Diamonds Tour, more people have seen the Stones perform than any band – ever. Fully authorised and produced in official partnership with the band, this is the definitive celebration of their incomparable career on the road. Chapter by chapter, tour by tour, it follows the Stones across the globe, detailing their evolution from aspiring blues musicians to the biggest live act the world has ever seen.
The beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him – and created a cult icon. Taking us to the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable – and often unpredictable – life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.
We know Sylvester Stallone as one of the most revered actors, writers and directors of all time, yet his life story is every bit as dramatic, intense and inspiring as his greatest creations on screen. Bringing together a no-holds-barred account of a fascinating life with messages of hope, positivity and resilience, Sly gives readers an intimate and revealing glimpse into his own journey for the very first time.
In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars – and made all their lives a little more complicated – Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France. In search of a simpler, quieter life, what followed was a story akin to ‘A Year in Provence’, but with more disaster, more heartbreak, more laughs – and much more spam. A tale spanning a fifty-year quest of home-building, friendship-making and bad-French-learning, ‘Idle in Provence’ is a hilarious, tender and unforgettable memoir of Eric Idle’s very own escape to the country.
In Threads, Sir Paul Smith shares the full story of his extraordinary life and career for the first time.
Freddie Mercury was one of the greatest showmen of the twentieth century. With his unparalleled voice and searing on-stage energy, he was a great pretender, a killer queen and a champion of the world.
Frank Miller chronicles the creation of his most iconic works such as Sin City, 300, Ronin, Daredevil, Wolverine and notably, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, which, alongside Batman: Year One served as the foundation for all Batman film and animated adaptations for the past forty years. Miller reveals how he got his first breaks, how he poured his own life into his darkly realistic characters, how he fought against comic book censorship of the early 1980s, and how he introduced manga-style storytelling to US readers decade before popular anime and manga began tiptoeing into pop culture. Miller transformed the way comics are told and this is how he did it.
In this wonderfully entertaining and bittersweet real-life Cinderella story, Ruthie Henshall reveals how she fell in love with a prince and with life in musical theatre.