Witty and self-assured: Airhead, by Emily Maitlis

Emily Maitlis is one of my journalism heroes. How could she not be? She asks the best questions and looks absolutely unruffled as she does it; she gets to travel to amazing locations and she has a penchant for dramatic Newsnight openings that me and my friends always talk about the next day. So really, …

Review: Look Again, by David Bailey

How do you get a whole life of hedonism into one book? David Bailey gives it a damn good go. Bailey was at the heart of the Swinging Sixties- in fact, he helped to invent it- and Look Again takes us right to the heart of the action. If you've ever heard of Jean Shrimpton …

Review: A Del of A Life, by David Jason

Rodney, you plonker! The language of Only Fools and Horses is woven into the vocabulary of everyday life. I can't count how many times I've sat in front of the telly on a dark evening and watched re-runs of this show- the show that just won't die. So getting the chance to review the memoirs …

Rediscovering Victoria Wood: Let’s Do It, by Jasper Rees

The next entry in my non-fiction run-up to Christmas (it's quite a change reading books that aren't fantasy!) is Jasper Rees's biography of the late, great Victoria Wood: Let's Do It. Named of course after Wood's famous catchphrase, the biography is the one that Wood never got to write herself. It's a deep dive into …

To infinity and beyond: Limitless, by Tim Peake

I love a good adventure story, and it doesn't get much more adventurous than leaving earth to live in space for a year! Non-fiction books are something I've been trying to get more into in recent months, and where better to begin than with Tim Peake: possibly the nicest man on earth, and certainly off …