Muffin was a rescue dog an ordinary mongrel who joined the Bardsley Mc Gee family in Leeds in 1999. She was three years old a 'little shipwreck' of a dog who had been badly neglected undernourished & contained in a high-rise flat for whole of her young life. The family she came into was also under pressure as the writer's husband Tim was in the middle of a long struggle with cancer & had been told earlier that year that his illness was terminal. Never having previously shown interest in animals Tim bonded almost instantly with chaotic little Muffin who became a steadfast companion during his final months. & during the dark days after Tim's death & when the author's daughter left for university Muffin became a loyal friend with an uncanny ability to display empathy around times of illness & loss. With Muffin reaching the end of her days author Barney Bardsley looks back over the eventful years they have shared to remember the joy & laughter that this loving soulful creature brought to her family. Her story will strike a chord with anyone who has ever loved & been loved by a pet. ...

This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope & Anchor. You'll be glad to know that there are very good
- strange & memorable
- reasons behind them all. After much research about (and in) pubs Albert Jack brings together the stories behind pub names to reveal how they offer fascinating & subversive insights on our history customs attitudes & jokes in just the same way that nursery rhymes do. The Royal Oak for instance commemorates the tree that hid Charles II from Cromwell's forces after his defeat at Worcester; The Bag of Nails is a corruption of the Bacchanals the crazed followers of Bacchus the god of wine & drunkenness; The Cat & the Fiddle a mangling of Catherine La Fidele & a guarded gesture of support for Henry VIII's first Catholic wife Catherine of Aragon; plus many many more. Here too are even more facts about everything from ghosts to drinking songs to the rules of cribbage & shove ha'penny showing that ultimately the story of pub history is really the story of our own popular history.

...

This informative enthusiastic guide provides complete instructions & helpful advice for making delicious homemade ice cream either in a h&-cranked or electric freezer.

Includes:: 58 exotic mouthwatering ice cream recipes plus recipes for toppings sauces more. Introduction. Illustrated throughout.

...

FILTH in his heyday was an international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Now only the oldest QCs & Silks can remember that his nickname stood for Failed In London Try Hong Kong. Long ago Old Filth was a Raj orphan
- one of the many young children sent ' Home' from the East to be fostered & educated in Engl&. Jane Gardam's new novel tells his story from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. Brilliantly constructed
- going backwards & forwards in time yet constantly working towards the secret at its core
- OLD FILTH is funny & heart-breaking witty & peopled with characters who astonish dismay & delight the reader. Jane Gardam is as sensitive to the 'jungle' within children as she is to the eccentricities of the old. A touch of magic combines with compassion humour & delicacy to make OLD FILTH a genuine masterpiece.


...

Long ago Old Filth was a Raj orphan
- one of the many young children sent ' Home' from the East to be fostered & educated in Engl&.
...

This is the complete fifth series of the fiendishly funny comedy set in Hell from Drop the Dead Donkey" co-creator Andy Hamilton. ' One of the great comic creations of recent years'
- " Sunday Telegraph". '...one of the best-written comedies around sustained over its 12 years on the air by brilliant performances & production'
- " Daily Telegraph". Poor Satan has to undergo yet more trials & tribulations in this fifth series of the Sony Award-winning comedy. What with missing the Professor a case of Seasonal Affective Disorder & above all the disastrous overcrowding in Hell he hasn't felt this depressed since Bill Clinton survived his heart operation. Levels of human sin are at their highest ever & people are dying at an unprecedented rate. The check-in demons are overwhelmed & Satan has to find a solution. He decides to launch a Crusade of Moral Rearmament & infiltrates the worlds of religion sport politics & the media in an attempt to persuade people to behave better. Meanwhile a new arrival is fomenting rebellion aiming to overthrow Satan & take control of Hell... Andy Hamilton stars as Satan with Robert Duncan as Scumspawn Jimmy Mulville as Thomas & Geoffrey Whitehead as Roland Kingworthy. A fiery furnace of brilliant one-liners & biting satire " Old Harry's Game" is the insider's guide to Hell."

...

This is the complete sixth series of the fiendishly funny award-winning comedy starring Andy Hamilton & Annette Crosbie. ' One of the great comic creations of recent years'
- Sunday Telegraph". '...one of the best-written comedies around sustained over its 12 years on the air by brilliant performances & production'
- " Daily Telegraph". This title

Includes:: all six episodes from the sixth series of BBC Radio 4's Sony Award-winning comedy set in Hell. It's not easy being Satan. There are the long hours (that stretch into eternity) & Hell seems to have more admissions than it can cope with. One of the new arrivals is Edith a historian athlete & humanitarian. & she's trouble: she refuses to believe she's dead she knows Thomas & she's not afraid of Satan. But will the Grand Tour which

Includes:: the Pit of Musicians the Lake of Fire & the Pit of Health & Safety Inspectors finally make her realise where she's ended up. At least Satan still knows how to have his fun: he's sneaked more teeth into Cherie Blair's smile. Written by & starring Andy Hamilton (as Satan) this bestselling series co-stars Annette Crosbie as Edith Jimmy Mulville as Thomas & Robert Duncan as Scumspawn. A fiery furnace of wicked one-liners & scorching satire " Old Harry's Game" is the insider's guide to Hell."





...

This is the complete seventh series of the fiendishly funny award-winning comedy starring Andy Hamilton Annette Crosbie & Timothy West. Jean Paul Sartre said ' Hell is other people'. But as Satan will tell you Hell is actually a fiery unendingly cruel domain where Oliver Reed can never quite catch the barman's eye & Yves St Laurent is forced to wear a donkey jacket. But Hell is about to become more hellish for Satan himself (Andy Hamilton). Not only is the historian Edith Barrington (Annette Crosbie) taking for ever to write his biography An Angel Misunderstood but everything is thrown into confusion when a dog turns up. Animals aren't meant to end up in Hell because they're not evil
- well except for dolphins of course. So why is it here? After much licking begging & slobbering
- mainly from Scumspawn
- Satan decides to keep the dog & ask God (Timothy West) what is going on. But God has decided to go on a gap year to find himself. & Hell receives another even more inexplicable guest... All six episodes are from the seventh series of BBC Radio 4's Sony Award-winning comedy set in Hell. ' One of the great comic creations of recent years'
- Sunday Telegraph". '...one of the best-written comedies around sustained over its 12 years on the air by brilliant performances & production'
- " Daily Telegraph"."




...

Old House Eco Handbook is a companion volume to the authors' highly successful Old House Handbook published in association with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). It seeks to answer the questions homeowners & others are asking about how to make old houses
- medieval & timberframed Georgian Victorian or Edwardian terraces
- energy-efficient & sustainable. The refurbishment or 'retrofitting' of old houses to meet new requirements into the future is now high on the Government's agenda. Old houses are by their nature a sustainable asset: their refurbishment is becoming a priority as attempts are made to address millions of energy-sapping poorly insulated & far from airtight homes. Energy-efficiency in particular is vital to cut carbon emissions a major contributor to global warming. How should we go about this without devaluing future sustainability or the appeal & character of old homes by the use of inappropriate solutions? Old House Eco Handbook sets out to provide the answers. The SPAB at the forefront of research into old house energy-efficiency is the ideal partner for this book.

...

Here for the first time is a completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house
- whether it's a timber framed
...