Linda Smith was the brilliant mainstay of Radio 4's The News Quiz, Just a Minute, & I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue for many years. She was just establishing her career on TV through blistering performances on Have I Got News for You, QI & Room 101, when she died of ovarian cancer in 2006. Linda was one of the few women to conquer the male dominated world of comedy & she had the wit & the charm to win over millions of male & female fans in equal measure. She had an eye for the absurdities of modern life & loved to prick the egos of the pompous & the vain. When she called David Blunkett ' Satan's bearded folk singer', it was a simple statement of fact. No wonder then Linda was voted the 'wittiest person alive' by Radio 4 listeners in 2002. This collection of her material, from her early st&-up to her radio days, is a must-have for any comedy fan. ...

Philosophers certainly like to make life sound awfully complicated, whether they're wondering if a falling tree still makes a sound if there's nobody around to hear it (Berkeley) or declaring that everything in the universe is in a state of flux (Heraclitus). But is philosophy really so complicated? & is it really as irrelevant as it sometimes seems? I Think, Therefore I Am is the ideal way to take the fear out of philosophy. Written in an accessible & highly entertaining style, this book explains how & why philosophy began, & how, from Greek democracy to Communism, the ways in which we live, learn, argue, vote & even spend our money have their origins in philosophical thought. Covering the biggest names, including Socrates, Seneca, St Augustine, Descartes, Marx & Nietzsche, I Think Therefore I Am provides a handle for all the main -isms & -ologies. ...

A compendium of tales of the departed. It looks at the funny side of one of life's certainties. It also provides advice on planning your big finish & how to attract the crowds at your funeral, as well as inspirational anecdotes involving extremely anima ...

This is the notorious book that got Gerard Fiennes sacked from British Railways while he was Chairman & General Manager of the Eastern Region in 1968.

Fiennes became a railwayman by accident, joining the L.N.E.R as a Traffic Apprentice in 1928. Over the next four decades he worked himself up to the top of the management tree, experiencing all facets of railway life – steam through diesel to electrification – on his way to the top.

When he got there, he knew the service was ripe for a revolution... & he believed he was the man to lead it.

But of course, it was the wrong time for a manager who thought that railways could be a success – Dr. Beeching was sharpening his axe & unprofitable lines were closed rather than turned round.

After being resisted, circumvented, delayed & blocked, G. F. Fiennes ran out of patience & put pen to paper & ran his career into the buffers as he told the story of what happens when non-railwaymen tried to run the railway.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781786691286
• Author: Gerard Fiennes
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 214
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm















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