Known as Shaggy to his mates, Greenwood is one of the sport's most engaging, intelligent, outspoken & witty characters. A Lancastrian to the tips of this size 12 boots, the giant centre has been & automatic choice in the England XV since his debut against Australia in 1997.

A few months earlier he looked set to become only the third uncapped Englishman to play for the British Lions when he came within a whisker of losing his life after he was speared to the ground in a heavy tackle, lost consciousness & swallowed his tongue.

After taking several months to recover he quickly made & impact at international level following a widespread clamour in the press for his call-up to the England side. An elegant riposte to the old jibe that England players lack guile & imagination, the Harlequins' & former Leicester centre has brought a shimmering, magical quality to his team's back play, opening up defences with clever angled running, superb distribution & a gravity-defying ability to stay up in the tackle.

Greenwood also featured in England's doomed World Cup campaign in 1999 before playing a central role in the team's dramatic triumph in Australia four years later.

His life off the pitch has been no less eventful, he & his wife Caro having experienced extreme despair & joy in recent years with the loss of one son, Freddie, & the birth of another, Archie.
Greenwood takes time to reflect in this revealing, honest, funny & moving book.








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William & Harry is a fascinating insight into the lives & loves of two extraordinary young men who have captured not only ...

William & Harry is a fascinating insight into the lives & loves of two extraordinary young men who have captured not only ...

Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher & elder statesman to Jack Kracouac, Allen Ginsberg & the Beats; anti-hero guru to each successive counter-culture generation: Willaim Burroughs remains one of the most complex & controversial American writers of the twentieth century.
A longtime heroin addict, Burroughs preferred to live abroad, away from America's Draconian drug laws. After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, he moved to Tangier where he lived in male brothel & wrote his celebrated bestseller Naked Lunch
- in Newsweek's words 'A masterpiece. A cry from Hell'
- as a series of letters to Allen Ginsberg. He lived at the Beat Hotel in Paris & spent a decade in London before returning as prodigal son to New York in 1974 after 25 years of self imposed exile.


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Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher & elder statesman to Jack Kracouac, Allen Ginsberg & the Beats; anti-hero guru to each successive counter-culture generation: Willaim Burroughs remains one of the most complex & controversial American writers of the twentieth century.
A longtime heroin addict, Burroughs preferred to live abroad, away from America's Draconian drug laws. After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, he moved to Tangier where he lived in male brothel & wrote his celebrated bestseller Naked Lunch
- in Newsweek's words 'A masterpiece. A cry from Hell'
- as a series of letters to Allen Ginsberg. He lived at the Beat Hotel in Paris & spent a decade in London before returning as prodigal son to New York in 1974 after 25 years of self imposed exile.


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William Kent (1685-1748) was great without a hint of gravitas, a con man who became one of the artistic geniuses of his ...

Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas
- a shadowy figure
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Founded in 1977 by Sir Frank Williams & Patrick Head, Williams F1 represents the last of the true independent teams; a company devoid of corporate dogma & run by enthusiasts driven by a love of racing & the satisfaction that comes with beating the rest of the world. Since its first Grand Prix victory at Silverstone on 14 July 1979, the team has won a further 116 GPs, delivered seven World Champions ...

In this intimate & engaging biography, Graeme Thomson interviews Nelson himself, his band & those who knew him best en route to discovering the real Willie Nelson.

The Outlaw brilliantly describes a complex & compelling man whose life & music reflect something fundamental at the heart of twentieth-century America. Thomson

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Keith Richards calls him a man of the soil. Others have called him Shaman. He has lived a life full enough for ten men & people want him to have big answers. He could be a red-neck cowboy, a Zen master or simply an old, stoned hippie. Of course, he is really all three, & several other things into the bargain....
With a face that wouldn't look out of place carved into Mount Rushmore, Willie Nelson has done it & seen it all. A dope smoking, whisky drinking, latter-day cowboy with Native American blood, four wives & seven children, Nelson's career spans half a century of American music.
In this revealing, intimate & insightful biography, Graeme Thomson goes beyond the myths, talking with Nelson himself, his band & those who know him best en route to discovering the real Willie Nelson.
Nelson't life has been a never-ending journey of incredible highs & crashing lows. The armfuls of awards huge record sales, famous friends, & creation of Farm Aid & his annual Fourth of July picnis have been achieved in the shadow of his mother's early desertion, penury, three turbulent marriages, drug busts, drinking, bankruptcy, as well as his son's suicide.
The Outlaw brilliantly describes this complex, compelling man, whose life & music reveal & reflect something fundamental at the very heart of twentieth century America, explaining along the way why Willie Nelson is nothing short of a living legend.



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