The Goons first went on air at the BBC as The Crazy People on 28 May 1951. There then began a terrible rasping, squealing, giggling, snorting period of lunacy which continued unabated until 1960. Fifty years after the first show there is still a huge interest in the Goons, with each new generation dicovering afresh the anarchic humour that has had such a huge influence on so many of today's top comedy performers.
This fascination collection of reminscences, photographs & sketches is the definitive story of Eccles, Bluebottle, Neddy, Bloodnok, Grytpype-Thynne, Moriarty, Minnie Bannister, Henry Crun et al from those who know them best.
Under the patient guidence of Spike's Manager, Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan & Harry Secombe, along with a select handful of friends including Eric Sykes, delve into their dusty old memories to help piece together the history of the Goons.

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Gordon can see everyone else in his class getting gold stars for being good at something: Lucy has neat handwriting, Rachel is the best footballer, Peter makes great clay figures, but all Gordon seems to do is make a mess & get into trouble for being silly. So when they are choosing teams for a quiz, no-one wants Gordon: they say he is rubbish. But the children all agree that Gordon is kind, cheerful & funny
- & from now on, Mrs Tonks will give a star to someone who shows those qualities every day. It will be called ' The Gordon Star'
- & the first person to get it is Gordon!

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Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord & heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets & dungeons, & his eccentric & wayward subjects, according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery, manipulation & murder as well as his own longing for a life beyond the castle walls. ...

Beyond the prosperous New South surface of modern-day Atlanta lies a dangerous world of drug addiction & poverty, brilliantly realized in Suzanne Kingsbury's provocative new urban novel. Gracey Fill has been arrested during a narcotics raid aimed at busting one of the biggest drug runners Atlanta has ever known, her ex-husb&, Sonny. In the questioning room, Gracey is intent on telling her entire story. Two officers, one young & naive, the other jaded, become her de facto audience. Meanwhile, the narrative moves back & forth between other expertly conjured characters: Deneeka Jones, a cross-dresser who turns tricks & sells heroin for Sonny; Frazier Sky & Audrey Sullivan, teenaged children of Atlanta's ultra-rich who dabble in drugs to soothe theestrangement in their home lives; & finally Frazier & Audrey's parents, once extra-marital lovers who can't be saved by money, power, or privilege. As Gracey's harrowing story unfolds, the cops close in on Sonny & a batch of bad heroin circulates through Atlanta, putting everyone in danger. The Gospel According to Gracey is a gripping, often surprising, & deeply haunting novel from a daring & original young writer. ...

A retelling of the Gospel following the life of Christ from his conception to his crucifixion. A naive Jesus is the son not of God, but of Joseph. In the desert it is not Satan, but God that Christ tussles with, an autocrat with whom he has an unbalanced & unsettled relationship. ...