Garry Bushell

Britain's best-known TV critic has a love/hate relationship with our most loved, and most ridiculed soap opera. Having never missed an episode, Garry Bushell now brings devotees and detractors alike this hilarious guide to the cock-ups, continuity errors, character re-writes and ludicrous plot-lines that make up BBC TV's biggest show. This book is the perfect way to cheer up those who hate the soap - and to bring a smile to the lips of those who love it. It's guaranteed to deliver something even the Christmas Day EastEnders episode won't supply: laughs! 'A rollicking good read...it shines a light on the metaphorical castration of working class soap characters by BBC bigwigs who have never set foot in the East End' - SpikedOnLine 'Hilarious, spot on and brilliantly observed' - the Daily Star 'Really funny and genuinely insightful' - Brendan O'Neill

The Encyclopaedic Guide to Everything That's Wrong With Britain's Favourite Soap

1001 Reasons Why Eastenders Is Pony!

Jeff Turner

Cockney Reject

Mick Wall

Stephen Rea

Diary of a Madman

Ozzy Osbourne

Skinheads, Mods, Teddy Boys, Hell's Angels, Punks, Glory Boys to name just a few ... this fascinating book is the definitive guide to hooligan history in the UK. It examines who the men behind the cults were, what made them tick and why they fought their battles.These warring youth factions inspired copycat cultures around the globe. This in-depth book cuts through the myths that Fleet Street built up around the cults; it tells the truth about the young, angry Britain of the 1970s that inspired a kaleidoscope of chaos which continues to this day with copycat scenes everywhere from Argentina to China and Japan.

True Stories of Britain's Biggest Street Battles

Hoolies

Ross Halfin

Iron Maiden Running Free

Essays on the Mod Revival from the '79 Frontline

Time for Action

Hell Bent

Steve Bruce

Lars Frederiksen

Cock Sparrer are widely considered to be one of the most influential streetpunk bands in history, and helped pave the way for the late-1970s punk scene and the significant Oi! subgenre. The band's fate has been to enjoy a career trajectory which is the polar opposite of that which the industry promotes and aspires to. Best Seat in the House tells the band's story from the perspective of drummer and driving force, Steve Bruce - from their beginnings in East London through Malcolm McLaren's attempts to mould them and into the 1980s and the reality of civvy street.

A Cock Sparrer Story

The Best Seat in the House

Most people will have heard of Garry Bushell; music journalist, controversial columnist, TV critic, author, singer and friend to the stars, but very few know much about the private man behind his outspoken public image. This book provides a fascinating insight into the life of someone who is equally at home in the company of celebrities and villains and is not afraid to dish the dirt on either, but it is also an honest and moving account of the personal tragedy and pain that has made Garry who he is. Perhaps best known for his award-winning column Bushell on the Box, during his long and colourful career Garry has been hailed as the Godfather of Oi, toured America with his punk band, appeared on over 2,000 television shows, penned a novel and even appeared in a gangster film. On a personal note he has dated page 3 girls, been fed heroin by Hanoi Rocks, befriended Benny Hill and Barbara Windsor, been investigated by M15, stalked by an obsessive fan, had knives thrown at him by Freddie Star and his eye-brows shaved off by Ozzy Osborne. He has also fathered six children and found happiness with country singer Leah McCaffrey. Garrys autobiography tells it as it is including all the highs and lows that have shaped his life to date. The book, which is full of anecdotes and humour, also provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at the world of print and television media you simply wont be able to put it down.

The AUTOB of Gary Bushell

Bushell on the Rampage

'79 Ska Revival

Harry Tyler is living an unhappy life as a "dead man" following a failed MI5 conspiracy to kill him in Ireland. A right wing journalist in a popular paper is saying all the things his readers want to hear, laying blame for the country’s ills at the doors of immigration, the welfare state, scroungers, and spongers. But when the people he targets in his column wind up dead, a serial killer seems to be taking the law into his own hands. Harry Tyler is surviving on his wits in the North West of England until fate conspires to reunite him with villain and nemesis John Baker, known as Johnny Too, when Too is released from jail early as bait for the serial killer. The job could bring Harry back in from the cold, or leave him totally exposed and set up as the fall guy if things go wrong.The final installment of The Face trilogy is hard, sexy, and it rattles along like an HS2 freight train.

Face Down

'79 Time For Action Mod Revival

Garry Bushell

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