Gers wrote:
I'm about to start The Mirror & The Light for the third time. I've read the first two on the Wolf Hall trilogy, but this massive fella' seemed a tad daunting. But as it's been sat on the shelf since it was published, and they're currently filming it, I've decided that it's third time luck got yours truly.
So as I've said, it's a massive and dense old read, so there won't be any more reviews from me until I've finished it.
How’d that work out for you mate? Not great to be honest, therefore…
I Was There: Dispatches From A Life In Rock And Roll by
Alan EdwardsA memoir from the world’s most powerful PR. His client list goes from Uriah Heep in the 70’s, to representing Beckham these days, and takes in everyone you can imagine in between. He had a lifelong friendship with Bowie, in fact he was the one Bowie played his last two albums to first before anyone else heard them, but there weren't any real revelations where The Thin White Duke was concerned. I got the feeling that he was still protecting his most famous client even to this day.
He was at the back of some of the most important events in popular culture recently. Beckham in the wake of the 98’ World Cup, Amy Winehouse’s death, the rise of The Spice Girls, and to be honest any other major event you care to recall. He handled them all. However…
I heard him on a couple of podcasts talking about this, and he was engaging, self-deprecating, funny and full of wonderful stories, all of which he told on the aforementioned pods. Reading this there were no surprises. I knew what was coming as he’d already told all his best stories before I read this.