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Matthew Engel » General
Reviews of
That's the Way it Crumbles:
"If you’re the kind of person who shouts at the radio, this book is for you... a funny and fascinating read" - Rose Wild,
The Times
"An acerbically witty...
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Matthew Engel » The Reign – Part 1
This begins the story of how life in Britain changed astonishingly over 70 years while the one figure who embodied the country seemed to change hardly at all.
Part One, “The Way It Was”, covers the ye...
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Matthew Engel » Biography
Biography
I was born in Northampton in 1951 and learned to read by studying the sports page of the
Daily Express, before being more or less educated at Mrs Cherry’s nursery (long defunct, mercifully)...
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Matthew Engel » Engel’s England
From the Introduction:
…Though much is taken, much abides. And although this book is something of an elegy, it is also a celebration of the remarkable and continuing distinctiveness of every part of E...
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Matthew Engel » What the papers say
BOOK OF THE YEAR: “Engel’s masterly portrait … is consistently entertaining, frequently surprising and sometimes provocative.” – PETER WILBY,
New Statesman
My literary Quality Street…, like the best ...
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Matthew Engel » What the readers say
“A huge achievement, and hugely,
hugely enjoyable….the construction skills deployed here are mind-boggling. The result is a glorious tour….of times I lived through and so often found I’d forgotten, ...