jasonbstanding

Funny, this bloke says he's an author, but it's the first time I've ever seen him in a bookshop… (I think that says more about me than him)Fascinating and impassioned talk to accompany his wonderful new book, "A Sense Of Place".Whisky is made by people.

jasonbstandingFriday 14th October, 2022Friday 14th October, 202201 mins

Butterfly Brain

jasonbstandingWednesday 12th October, 2022Tuesday 18th October, 202201 mins

This book of memoirs felt like Barry Cryer didn’t really want to write it – but I’m really glad he did, and loved every moment of it. It’s a bit biased – I’d read a shopping list if I knew Baz had written it. The ONLY thing I didn’t love about this book is that…

Whatever next?Our child will be born in December, and I'm struggling with the idea that they will grow up assuming that all this sort of thing is perfectly normal.

jasonbstandingWednesday 12th October, 2022Wednesday 12th October, 202201 mins

Him Off the Viz

jasonbstandingThursday 6th October, 2022Wednesday 12th October, 202201 mins

As autobiographies go, it was fine. The story of the genesis and the quirks/behind-the-scnes stuff of Viz magazine were great, and I suppose in a way it was slightly comforting to be reading the story of a fairly ordinary chap who carved out a career pratting about with his mates – with the warts &…

In The Plex

jasonbstandingWednesday 28th September, 2022Wednesday 28th September, 202202 mins

Subtitled “How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives” – an interesting read this, given that it was published in 2011… so, a company biopic from 10 years ago for a company that’s very much continued aggressively evolving to present day. Steven Levy writes candidly and with great insight (and clearly, access) on the origin…