Autobiographies General Chat

[Welshy]

For me Frank Skinner's very candid book including his recovery from alcoholism and Michael Parkinson's book detailing how he went from local journalist to war correspondent to interviewing the most famous people in the world would take some beating.

Anyone read any good ones, preferably non sport recommendations.

 

[Tom]

David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon - got to be one of the best. If you can get the audiobook read by Niven himself it is even better.

 

[Gemma]

David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon - got to be one of the best. If you can get the audiobook read by Niven himself it is even better.

David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is just superb. An unbelievable story brilliantly told. Plenty of parts that you'll have to re-read just to make sure that you understood the bravery shown by his fellow soldiers and himself. Add in the Hollywood stories and it's a great read. It's worth buying just for the Errol Flynn tales.

 

[Crabtree]

I'm reading Simon Reeve's autobiography at the minute and it's very good.

Book Description​

The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and extreme corners of the planet.

About the Author​

Simon Reeve has travelled to more than 120 countries, making multiple award-winning TV series for the BBC, including Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Sacred Rivers, Greece, Tropic of Capricorn, Turkey, and Australia (Winner of the British Travel Press Award for Broadcast Travel Programme).

Simon has received a One World Broadcasting Trust Award for 'an outstanding contribution to greater world understanding', the prestigious Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society, and the Special Contribution Award at the Travel Media Awards.

 

[Fraser]

I'm reading Simon Reeve's autobiography at the minute and it's very good.

Didn't he leave school with no qualifications or am I getting him mixed up with someone else? If so, he's done well for himself.

 

[Crabtree]

Didn't he leave school with no qualifications or am I getting him mixed up with someone else? If so, he's done well for himself.

Yeah, no qualifications and was a bit of a wrong 'un. His life changed when he wangled what was little more than an errand boy job at The Times. His career developed from there. He was writing books about Bin Laden before his TV career took off.