Wed 29 Apr 2009

Book No 8 : Why do I Say These Things? by Jonathan Ross

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Well, I’m rattling through these now at a fair old rate of knots!

Another biography which isn’t really a biography, Why Do I Say These Things? takes us on a bit of a journey through the mind of Jonathan Ross without fully revealing the story behind his early life, road to success and life at the top.

Instead this book is really nothing more than a collection of funny stories - I suppose you could argue that that is what an autobiography is all about but this doesn’t have any coherent narrative which ties it all together.  Rather than starting at the beginning and working through his life, the stories jump about all over the place.

 

Tue 28 Oct 2008

Brand, Ross and Manuel - the news must take some of the blame

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Firstly, I’d like to make it clear that I didn’t listen to Russell Brand’s show which has caused all the rumpus this week - which means I’m in pretty much the same boat as most people who have complained about it.

I first heard about this at the start of the week, over a week since the show was broadcast, and at that point only two listeners had lodged complaints - and neither of them were actually about the Andrew Sachs phonecall.  Later yesterday, that figure had increased to around 1,500 and it’s now totalled 10,000.