Dear Fatty - Dawn French (2008)

 

 

Epistolary biography with strong depiction of her comedy roots. Puzzling thankful account of Lenny( Marriage ends months later-hmm.) But powerful accounts of two fathers tragic deaths – her own and a boyfriend’s. Also interesting was reading the sheer haphazardness of her career start and the direction it could have gone.

: Good - read it again and loan it out or give to friends when shelves full.

 

 

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Witold Rybczynski- One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw (2001)

 
QI type discussion on the origins and development of the screw etc. All to down to your landed gentry looking after themselves. Wonderful detailed case study on unintentional consequence- better screws led to better lathes that lead to factories long before the Manchester revolution. Read and do a Steven Fry.

: Exemplar - Its a keeper for reading again. Rush out and buy copies for friends

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