It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye
I've got 1,001 Paintings To See Before You Die.
I've got 1,001 paintings to see before I die.
takes all the fun out of it and turns it into trainspotting, somehow...and that's *another* list I'm nowhere near completing.
(although - with the paintings one - is it just a book of word portraits of these 1001 pictures then? or have I missed the point?)
"1001 Types of Commuters to Encounter"...
Johnb - you may actually be on to something with that one....
More detailed analysis to follow (I'm currently planning a trifle and have urgent matters of state to attend to) but.... I'm halfway through the Maconie book, it's odd because we share a hinterland (literally for much of Cider With etc) and my automatic professional Northerner sense is throbbing a tad, I'll give him the B of the D until I read it all. You enjoying it ?
You're clearly better at Mondays off than I am. The duvet cover is in the wash right now *and* I have hoovered the stairs and started cleaning out the cupboard under the sink. It's no way to start the week.
It's 1,001 pictures in the book with 1,001 paragraphs of background/description. I asked for it for Christmas. I'll probably read it on my death bed.
In 'Cider with Roadies' Stuart makes a joke about 'pies' which revolves around a sophisticated person/twat from Chorley.
I forgive him and can't wait to read the new book.
"one certainly needs strong reserves of romanticism to rhapsodise about the landscape between Bolton and Manchester"
Made me laugh 
ooh that Maconie book has caught my eye as well, I loved Cider With Roadies (a Fever Pitch for the music fan, which is high praise coming from me) and am intrigued to see how this jauntily literary son of Wigan has dealt with the vagaries of North-Eastern identity (Monkey-hangers, Mackems and so on). And of course one can never find out too much about The Peoples Republic of Skelmersdale.
I don't actually have the Pie book (yet?) went into Smiths looking for it, but it wasn't there.
Was unable to resist buying CWR, for obvious reasons, but think I might try to wait til this one appears in the library.
So, Walter - the trifle?? how did that go?
The Pie book is good but not as good as the Cider book. He says he's writing a Lakes book. That'll be good.
ok, so - has anyone *not* read the Cider book?
The trifle was, from a preparation perspective, going swimmingly until Mrs Walter and my little Walters insisted on contaminating it with sponge and fruit in the jelly. Consequently I made it but sulkily refused to eat any. That'll learn 'em.
I did however hold back a reasonable amount of pink and white blancmonge which sustained me through the afternoon.
Cider is terrific if you come from Wigan, like popular beat combo music and are between 40 and 50, tick, tick, tick.
This Pies malarkey is, in the opinion of this late 40's northern cove, trying just a tad too hard and picking soft targets (Harrogate , Betty's etc indeed)
Still, not bad really
can it be *proper* trifle without the sponge??
Oooo these books all sound so interesting to me! I've not read any of his.
Does anyone know of a witty book in a similar style about a southerner up north? You know sort of the opposite perhaps?
hmmm - is there a gap in the market DD??
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