Stig Abell is the breakfast presenter on Times Radio, a station he helped to launch, and a columnist for the Sunday Times. Before that he has been the editor and publisher of the Times Literary Supplement, a presenter on Radio 4's Front Row, and had a weekly radio programme on LBC. His first book, How Britain Really Works, was published in 2018.
It is always interesting when an intelligent reader comes fresh to books you have known for a long time . . . the whole book is a lucky dip: put in your thumb, pull out a plum, and relish it. * Yorkshire Post * A book for Christmas and the fireside, but a book also for all days and weathers, even for a chilly morning commuter train - once commuting is back in fashion -- Allan Massie * Scotsman * A thoroughly enjoyable saunter through some great, and not so great, works of literature * Times Literary Supplement * This is Abell at his best - frank, funny and fascinating. Did Clive James and Bill Bryson have a secret love child? * Lee Child * Stig's books are must-haves. He educates, informs and entertains in equal measure * Dermot O'Leary * It's like being a member of the best book club ever * Frank Skinner * A witty, warm and wonderfully wise celebration of the written word. A huge treat * Lucy Foley * Far more than a guide, this is a book lover's companion, a wise friend's recommendations, an answer to the question what to read next and why. I wish I knew half as much about books as Stig Abell * Kit de Waal * Beyond splendid . . . a brilliant idea, beautifully realised * Bill Bryson *