Biographies are almost invariably as dull as ditchwater. The exceptions, in my experience, are

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

1. Pitt The Younger, by William Hague. A work of genius, by a genius, about a prig.

2. White Line Fever by Lemmy, in which we learn that the Nolan sisters partied hard. Yes.

3. Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis. Perfect.

[Classic Jorge]

where did he get that voice?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

All you norvern monkeys sound hysterical to me. He can't help the way he speaks, j.

[Berni]

would call it). It's called 'Baby I don't care'.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It sounds dull.

Robert Mitchum? The fúcker's been dead for years.

[Classic Jorge]

fair play to the lad for creating an accent of his own, along with the baseball caps and the waterslide I think it's one of his best ideas, I'd just love to ask him who his influences are.

[Berni]

Also, one minute the writer is going on about what a great husband he was and how he was married for 60 years or somesuch and the next he's apparently revelling in the fact that he was nailing pretty much anything that moved. Odd.

[Fedor]

Monk on Wittgenstein, Caro on Johnson and Moses are good.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[Berni]

[Fedor]

[Berni]

way in which they could destroy them. Mitchum was quite rebellious and wasn't having any of it. He also liked his reefer and booze, which got him into rather a lot of strife.

[Fedor]

[Rich]

Autobiography'?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I can't think of anything more fascinating. "Someone threw a ball. I hit it with my stick. He threw the ball again. I missed."

[Berni]

It was a bit 'meh'.

[Rich]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I'm a very narrow-minded individual.

[Rich]

can produce such a well written and fascinating piece in 'Opening Up', whereas a man that was one of the greatest characters the game has ever seen writes something that fails to ignite at any point.

I think Atherton is a superb wordsmith, even in his media work.

[Fedor]

[Berni]

[Luis Anaconda]

might upset him

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

Atherton is a Lancastrian who went to Manchester Grammar and Cambridge. He's obviously not dour either, being the only remotely likeable commentator except Holding.

[Rich]

[Rich]

I think of him as dour because of his batting style, perhaps.

[Supermac1976]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

He is there to provide professional insight, not to tell you about the cocaine and prostitutes he enjoyed the previous night.

[Fedor]

[Classic Jorge]

Maybe whack Roy Keane in there to enliven the place with his famous striking-terror -into-his-colleague's-hearts move.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Ashberto]

[Pokster]