Dispatches from the sofa
Subtitle: the collected wisdom of Frank Skinner
By: Frank Skinner
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Clipper large print
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781407496344
Subjects: Large type books; Manners and customs; English wit and humor; Anecdotes; Social life and customs
Description: " Over the course of the last ten years, Frank Skinner has toured sell-out stand-up shows, hosted countless TV shows and an award-winning radio programme, written two well-received volumes of memoir, as well as recording a couple of pop songs and learning to play the ukulele. He has been a busy man. Yet, for the last two years, he has also managed to squeeze in a weekly column for The Times. Without fail, he sat down every week and wracked his brain to think of something to write 900 words about. Dispatches From the Sofa is the brilliant result. Alighting on such random topics as the potential demise of Margaret Thatcher, the love-hate relationship with your football club, Mike Read's musical of Oscar Wilde, fat pop stars, Serbian breakfast banter, the pleasures of air-guitar, the banking crisis and the evil phenomenon of Jedward, this is a thought-provoking, wide-reaching, hilarious and self-deprecating collection - which also includes the first two chapters from his unpublished novel - from one of our funniest, quickest and most beloved comedians."--Publisher description.
Notes: Standard print ed. originally published: London : Century, 2011.
Table of contents: title: Times columns; title: Other writings : Your cut-out-and-keep Margaret Thatcher obituary ; New going out : written for Port Magazine ; Ophelia redefined : a short story for the Sunday Times.