Autobiography and Biography

Susan (Sue) Perkins will be familiar to fans of the original BBC “Great British Bake-Off” series many as one half of the “Mel [Giedroyc] and Sue” comedy partnership that has spanned stage, radio and television…

This autobiographical book by James Bowen tells the troubles he faced leading up to a particular Christmas. Bowen grew up in difficult circumstances and ended up on the streets of London then falling…

In this first autobiography by the comedian and presenter Russel Brand we hear of Brand's early days then his becoming a stand-up comedian, MTV presenter then presenting on Big Brother. The book starts…

At my recent visit to the Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18 at London's Design Museum I noticed in the reading area this graphic novel that I flipped through…

I remember as a child watching David Suzuki's “The Nature of Things” on the CBC enraptured by this figure who is able to explain the most complex scientific concepts in a way that makes it understandable…

This is an exhaustive autobiography of Monty Python both as a comedy group but also as individuals. The story is told in their own words based on a series of interviews with one Python's quote followed…

Jang Jin-Sung is a former North Korean poet who worked in the United Front Department (UFD) of Korean Worker's Party, section 5 (literature), division 19 (poetry) of Office 101 (policy making section of…

This is the second biography by Gordon Ramsay, the controversial and exceptional London chef, continuing on from where his earlier “Humble Pie” left off…or so I would assume not having read the first….

This is a series of anecdotes from the much-admired actress Diane Keaton, who starred in the Godfather films as well as several Woody Allen films. It is ostensibly themed around various aspects of beauty…

Picking up from where The Fry Chronicles left off “More Fool Me” summarises, and digresses, on what Fry has said before in pretty much the first half of the book before…

This is the second chapter of Stephen Fry's autobiography picking up where “Moab is my Washpot” (which I have not read) left off as Fry left for life at Cambridge University. At Cambridge Fry was not…

I have always admired the work of John Simpson on the BBC as he delivers reports from all four corners of the world. Here he follows-up his first autobiography “Strange Places, Questionable People” with…

Almost 9 years ago to the day I visited Beijing and Tiananmen Square where the portrait of Mao Tse-tung hangs from the Tiananmen gate on the north side looking down on the people he led for so many years….

As with many people I have watched Rick Stein's television shows over many years now. I have been taken with his fairly practical approach to cooking and NOT talking too much like a chef as you see on…

Steve Jobs was an extraordinary man and this book discusses both his achievements but also his troubled personal life. From his adoption as a child we follow his strong character through his life and…

This biography tells the story of Samuel Johnson and his great life's work writing what is commonly regarded as the first workable dictionary of the English language. Published in 1760, Dr. Johnson's dictionary…

Amy Tan is the author of a number of bestselling books including “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Kitchen God's Wife”. In “The Opposite of Fate” she has put together various pieces of work from the speech…