The oral history of the golden age of London's most fashionable restaurants.In October 1976, the London restaurant world was turned upside down when Michael Caine, celebrated chef Richard Shepherd and Irish entrepreneur Peter Langan opened Langan's, a celebrity hangout that would revolutionise the capital's dining scene. This soon became the most celebrated restaurant in the city, and helped turn London into an internationally recognised culinary hot spot. Inheriti...

This book is not another variation on a theme, but rather a complete paradigm shift in how we view diet and exercise. Authors Hermann and Jones argue that the prevalent theories we rely upon for getting in shape are fundamentally flawed at their foundations. Together, they present a compelling case that challenges the status quo and conventional wisdom.This all-in-one guide will help you ditch Calorie-counting, break dieting cycles, and get the body you have been desperately search...

'Across 21 albums, Jones smartly covers the songs and music as well as the geo-cultural milieu that nurtured and enveloped them. An excellent book' Irish Times'Makes one crave a follow-up undertaking for 1976!' Record Collector'Enormously entertaining . . . Never has pop history been so elegantly told' London Standard1975 was the apotheosis of music. Rich with masterpieces, it's the most i...

'It's just another song to me. I've written 1,000 of them and it's really just another one.' Jimmy Webb'When I heard it I cried. It made me cry because I was homesick. It's just a masterfully written song.' Glen CampbellThe sound of 'Wichita Lineman' was the sound of ecstatic solitude, but then its hero was the quintessential loner. What a great metaphor he was: a man who needed a woman more than he actually wanted her.Written in 19...

Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then, of course, Dylan Jones isn't just anyone.These Foolish Things captivatingly charts Dylan's life: from his peripatetic childhood and late adolescence in 1970s London - a city then alive with possibility - to his award-winning tenure at what would become one of the most dynamic magazines of its era...

** Shortlisted for the NME Best Music Book Award 2018 **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARA HERALD BOOK OF THE YEARAN IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR'The definitive book on Bowie' The TimesDrawn from a series of co...

David Bowie. Culture Club. Wham!. Soft Cell. Duran Duran. Sade. Adam Ant. Spandau Ballet. The Eurythmics.' Excellent' Guardian ' Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times ' Dazzling' LRB **'Fascinating' New Statesman **'An absolute must-read' GQOne of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era of the New Romant...

Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of The Bends, the year Danny Boyle started filming Trainspotting, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Ale...

Mae'r gwerslyfr hwn wedi'i gymeradwyo gan CBAC.Anogwch fyfyrwyr i ymgysylltu â'r Gymraeg wrth iddynt ddarganfod mwy am eu gwlad, eu llenyddiaeth a'u treftadaeth, tra'n datblygu'r sgiliau gwrando, darllen, siarad ac ysgrifennu sydd eu hangen ar gyfer TGAU.Wedi'i gynllunio gan dîm o arbenigwyr pwnc, mae'r Llyfr Myfyrwyr hygyrch hwn yn dilyn dull dysgu sy'n seiliedig ar sgiliau.- Darganfod cyfoeth o adnoddau a gweithgareddau newydd: bydd y cwrs...

'A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm' Mojo'Fascinating' New StatesmanThe '80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Dylan Jones' history of the decade in pop frames the '80s th...

'A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm' Mojo'Fascinating' New StatesmanThe '80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Dylan Jones' history of the decade in pop frames the '80s th...

Finn remembers the stories his grandfather told him about a place where the ocean meets the sky, where whales and jellyfish soar and birds and castles float. Now that his grandfather is gone, Finn knows the perfect way to honour him. He'll build a boat. He'll set sail. He'll find this magical place himself!