Summer holiday reading: communists, spies & murder
So I’ve chosen these three books to pack in my suitcase, ready for the beach… Continue reading Summer holiday reading: communists, spies & murder
Author: My Mashed Up Life
Who am I? I'm a dad and husband living in Oxfordshire. I'm British-American and have lived in the UK, the US, Canada and Japan. I work in education and write mostly about books, music and parenting on this blog for fun. He / him.
David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
“I wanted to write about the man, the person himself” not “the metaphor we have come to know as ‘Bowie'” Jones states in the preface. Continue reading David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
Life As A Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi
Amrou Al-Kadhi’s experiences growing up gay as an Iraqi-immigrant in the UK and as the son of strict Muslim parents. Continue reading Life As A Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi
A Foreign Field by Ben Macintyre: is all fair in love and war?
Macintyre has done a tremendous job researching what happened and retelling it like a thriller, with romance, war, social history and a mystery all thrown in for good measure. Wonderful stuff. Continue reading A Foreign Field by Ben Macintyre: is all fair in love and war?
Stand For Myself: the amazing new album from Yola
The whole thing is a triumph. Continue reading Stand For Myself: the amazing new album from Yola
Summer of Soul
It is quite simply one of the best music documentaries I have ever seen. Continue reading Summer of Soul
July in Review: a month in books!
I started July off with a couple of children’s books and ended it with something totally unlike anything else I’d ever read… Continue reading July in Review: a month in books!
Surfing The Gnarl Plus… by Rudy Rucker
In essence it’s sort of like a sampler, offering the reader a taster of what this writer is capable of, in the hope that you will be inspired enough to track down more of his work. Continue reading Surfing The Gnarl Plus… by Rudy Rucker
