All Points North

A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in its mad glory

Sue Townsend, Sunday Times

I was irresistibly reminded of Alan Bennett - there is the same wry humour, wonderfully telling selection of detail or remark . . . a fine balance of humour and poignancy

The Times

The salty prose of an original poetic voice

Melvyn Bragg, Observer

A thoughtful, witty combination of travel writing, autobiography and Alan Bennett-style diary

John-Paul Flintoff, Daily Telegraph

An original and talented writer . . . highly entertaining and there are flashes of wit and moments of tenderness and brilliantly accurate observation

Vernon Scannell, Sunday Telegraph

The best book I have read in a long time on what he insists is the true North of England

Geoffrey Moorhouse, Daily Telegraph

Laugh-out-loud funny . . . has all the resonant precision of a poet's ear and eye

Independent

A joy. Celebrates the real world and revels in its mad glory

Sue Townsend, Sunday Times

I was irresistibly reminded of Alan Bennett - there is the same wry humour, wonderfully telling selection of detail or remark... a fine balance of humour and poignancy

The Times

Laugh-out-loud funny... has all the resonant precision of a poet's ear and eye

Independent

A delight - high-spirited, light-footed, very funny and wickedly observamt

Jonathan Raban, The Times Literary Supplement

The salty prose of an original poetic voice

Melvyn Bragg, Observer