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The Theory and Practice of Lunch

Keith Waterhouse is very particular about what lunch is not: 'It is not prawn cocktail, steak and...

The Theory and Practice of Travel

A hard-headed but often hilarious guide to the pleasures and pitfalls of travel by one of Britain...

Crying All The Way To The Bank

Waterhouse on Newspaper Style

Edited by Stella Bingham and republished in 2010, Waterhouse on Newspaper Style is still the stan...

Cassandra - At His Finest and Funniest

The Mayor of Montebello

There was no crime on the Mediterranean island of Montebello.Occasionally, it was necessary for s...

By Eric Silver, Dateline

Reporting the Middle East 1967-2008, for The Guardian, Observer, and international newspapers, by...

The Man Who Painted in Welsh

A biography of Wales's greatest painter told in conversation with his friends.

It’s My Round

A personal celebration of 2,000 years of the British Pub

The Ideal Occupation

Readers of this relaxed, pleasantly meandering memoir will have a pretty entertaining time themse...

Big Name Hunting

Arnie Wilson started hunting down 'big names' after beinghired by a news agency to telephone ti...

The Last Pub In Fleet Street

Described by Roy Greenslade in the Guardian as 'the tireless archivist of Fleet Street memories (...