At the start of this enterprising book, Luke Sutton offers a fresh variation on the C.L.R. James dictum that has become so familiar as not to need quoting. 'Without a true understanding of wicketkeepers, can we truly understand the game of cricket?’ Anyone who has kept wicket at however modest a level will know what he means. Anyone who doesn’t know will be enlightened soon after opening his book. Sutton was himself a regular keeper in county cricket for 16 years from 1996, for Somerset, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and then Derbyshire again, before retiring in 2011: a career time-span close to that of David Nash, who kept for Middlesex, and whose own book, Bails and Boardrooms, was reviewed here in Summer 2021. Both have suffered from depression, and write about this honestly, but the books otherwise have nothing in common. Nash offered no insights into wicket-keeping as such, in terms of craft or psychology or anything else. This book is full of them. Sutton’s method is disarmingly.. Read more
Charles Barr

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars Written by a descendant of Charles Dickens, his Great Great granddaughter Lucinda Hawksley, Dickens and Travels gives us a unique glimpse not only of his travels, but how Dickens helped to shape the modern age of travel writing.
NetGalley, Michelle Kidwell

This book is unique in that it more about the author's experience of Britpop as a teenager finding himself through music than an objective report or a testimony and quotes from the music industry. It speaks to what Britpop meant for it's young fans- with the idea that the rest has already been written. Enjoyable. 4 stars
NetGalley, Morgan Schulman

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The Yorkshire Reporter, June 2022

Wow what an interesting inspirational read. Very informative about what was going on during the covid pandemic. 2020 will forever be remembered as the year the Coronavirus pandemic changed life as we know it across the World. Economies crashed, livelihoods were eradicated, and thousands of lives were shortened or devastated by the effects of this novel virus. In the UK, the National Health Service was thrust into the limelight as the country watched our healthcare system respond to the consequences of this disease. This book traces a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting key events in how the UK and the NHS approached these unparalleled events. Comparisons are made with tactics used around the globe and the decisions of our leaders questioned. Recommend this book!
NetGalley, Michelle Coates