The Flying Scotsman

I was checking out the biographies in the library and spotted this title, The Flying Scotsman, and I thought it would be about David Millar, a cyclist but was surprised to find it was about Graeme Obree.  I had not heard of him but thought it would be an interesting read.  He was also a…

The third J is for Jenny . . .

This Jenny refers to Jenny Kee  and her autobiography A Big Life. I was going to start my review of this book by saying that here is a woman who is not going to die wondering what she could have done, she has gone ahead and done it.  She appears to have had an extremely…

The second J is Joanna, for Joanna Lumley

This is a book I borrowed from the library as it caught my eye on the display shelf. I think I first remember Joanna Lumley as Purdey in the New Avengers. Of course she is more noted recently for her role as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous and for her work in gaining rights for…