I always look forward to the arrival of the annual "best of Alex" as my birthday present - it's an invaluable update if you don't take the Daily Telegraph every day, or if you wish to refresh your memory. I first came across Alex, that cynical, worldly wise - but never weary - and manipulative investment banker, when he appeared in "The Independent" after the Big bang in 1986, and followed him to the Telegraph when it became clear that the people he was supposed to be satirising loved him.
The 2008 edition, which runs from August 2007 shows Alex, Clive and their investment banking colleagues dealing with the early days of the credit crisis, and enjoying a few forays into imaginary worlds as well. I particularly enjoyed the episode ... Read More:
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Seriously from the end of volume 20, i was just dying to get this book. I can tell you all who are waiting for this,you are gonna be stasfied from this volume, espiscally when Tohru confesses to Kyo. And something happens Tohru..... but i don't wanna spoil it - just get it if i was you, lol/ ^_^
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Seriously from the end of volume 20, i was just dying to get this book. I can tell you all who are waiting for this,you are gonna be stasfied from this volume, espiscally when Tohru confesses to Kyo. And something happens Tohru..... but i don't wanna spoil it - just get it if i was you, lol/ ^_^
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Believe me you will not regret buying this.
The show starts off fairly slow in the first series but it really comes into its own in the more recent series.
The show works very well with incredibly funny contestants such as Graeme Gardener, Tim Brooke Taylor and Barry Cryer. You cannot forget to mention the superb Humphrey Lyttelton and his dead pan delivery. The show is now and the refreshed by some new faces appearing for a few shows, these include people such as Stephen Fry and Paul Merton.
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There are brief essays about the highlights of the career of each Secretary of State for Health in the last twenty or thirty years interspersed with excerpts from the author's 'Private Eye' column. There are also items about various illnesses and high profile cases and scandals - including the Bristol heart scandal (exposed by Dr Hammond). The style is down to earth and straightforward and there is an excellent section at the end of questions patients should be asking their doctors about any treatment they're given. One thing that especially sticks in my mind is the comment that only a third of patients on long term medication take it properly. If that is the case then how can we be sure whether such drugs really work? There is definitely food ... Read More:
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An absolute must for everyone who enjoys daft jokes. Equally good for 7 to 70 year olds, particularly if you tend to forget jokes pretty quickly.
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I have for many years been what the author calls a "stickler", i.e. someone who exercises total pedantry where punctuation is concerned. Her book has, therefore, given me the utmost pleasure: whilst reading it I nodded and smiled my agreement at just about every paragraph. In addition, Ms Truss's humour made me laugh out loud on occasion (much to my embarrassment and to the consternation of people around me who observed that I was merely reading about what they saw as boring old punctuation). This book must surely amuse and delight all those "sticklers" who flinch (or worse) when they encounter errors of punctuation (sadly, not just by greengrocers) and should be compulsory reading for all office workers (including the bosses, who dictate commas ... Read More:
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Very funny book - some letters are hilarious (Bite My Pilau) and others not so much.. very entertaining book though.
Fans of this book should treat themselves to the Timewasters Letters, Return of the Timewasters Letters and The Timewaster Diaries: A Year in the Life of Robin Cooper.. trust me - Robin Cooper's a much funnier version of Terry Ravenscroft, and you'll thank me for pointing you in the right direction :)
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As a loving and above all responsible parent I felt that this was the perfect reference manual to further my two daughters' education. Having recently caught my 8 year old watching television with most of her hand up one nostril only to be withdrawn and feed the extractions into her mouth below, I felt that the title of this book was relevant, and it seemed to place an emphasis on her health too, which can only be a good thing.
The fact of the matter is, there is a lot of genuinely useful information in here. It's all in question-and-answer format, there being 310 in all, and while a lot of them are rather pointless (at least to an adult) there are many that are handy to know and a whole lot that I couldn't answer myself. For example, I read many ... Read More:
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