Between the stops : the view of my life from the top of the number 12 bus
Toksvig, Sandi2020
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From London facts including where to find the blue plaque for Una Marson, 'the first black woman programme maker at the BBC', to discovering the best Spanish coffee under Southwick railway arches; from a brief history of lady gangsters at Elephant and Castle to memories of climbing Mount Sinai and, at the request of a fellow traveller, reading aloud the Ten Commandments; from the story behind Pissarro's painting of Dulwich Station to performing in Footlights with Emma Thompson; from painful memories of being sent to Coventry at a British boarding school to thinking about how Wombells Travelling Circus of 1864 haunts Peckham Rye and anecdotes about Prince Charles, Monica Lewinsky and Grayson Perry; from Bake-Off antics to stories of a real and lasting friendship with John McCarthy, to the importance of family and the daunting navigation of the Zambezi River in her father's canoe; this Sandi Toksvig-style memoir is, as one would expect and hope, packed full of surprise.
Main title:
Between the stops : the view of my life from the top of the number 12 bus / by Sandi Toksvig.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Virago Press, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group , 2020.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
"First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Virago Press ; this paperback edition published in 2020 by Virago Press"--Title page verso."a most wonderful memoir"--Cover.Includes bibliography (pages 303-304)
ISBN:
9780349006406 (paperback)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAHPY
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
516309
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | BIOGRAHPY TOKS | Onloan - Due: 16 Jan 2025 |