The Lemon Fool

Ooh! Isn't it nice in here? Nice place to just snuggle down and get lost in a book...

A chain of weblinks led me to the Wikipedia page of a "Robert Rankin."
I love the list of books attributed to him. Have a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rankin

If you like the titles you'll like the books - they're as insane as the titles imply.

I read "East of Ealing" back in 84/85 after stumbling across it newly arrived in the public library, I thought it was fantastic, Back then it was quite an effort to find specific books going cheap, so it was quite a few years later before I got round to reading a couple of other books of his and I was massively dissapointed, have never bothered with him since. I sometimes wonder if I should give him another go.....

BH

Not sure if this is the correct thread...

Just finished Churchill by Roy Jenkins. This may well be the best biography I have ever read.

Halicarnassus wrote:Just finished Churchill by Roy Jenkins. This may well be the best biography I have ever read.

I also read it and would agree that it's a brilliant biography.

If you're interested in Churchill (as I am) you might also reading "No More Champagne" by David Lough - http://www.davidlough.uk/churchill-and-his-money/

It's a fascinating look at Churchill's roller coaster financial life. He was hopeless with money and a fairly reckless gambler - in 1922, for instance, he lost more than the equivalent of £90,000 on one of his trips to Monte Carlo.

He was almost bankrupted on several occasions, and was only saved by large loans from generous benefactors.

In those days, of course, a Prime MInister's financial affairs weren't subject to anything like the scrutiny they are nowadays. Had they been, he would almost certainly have been considered completely unfit for high office, which is food for thought ...

I had seen that advertised, but wondered whether or not it would hold my attention. One of the benefits of reading the Jenkins biography, was the education in British affairs from the Boer War through to the post war settlements and the cold war. There was lots of material to engage with. Jenkins did allude to Churchill's speculation both in the casino and the markets. A character and a half! And Jenkins is a brilliant story teller.

Free book if anyone's interested

Analysing Skid Marks

Turns out to be different from what I thought
https://www.amazon.com/Analysing-skid-m ... B01D8X60P4