Dispatches From the Sofa: The Collected Wisdom of Frank Skinner Book

Over the course of the last ten years Frank Skinner has toured sell-out stand-up shows hosted countless TV shows and an award-winning radio programme written two well-received volumes of memoir as well as recording a couple of pop songs and learning to play the ukulele. He has been a busy man. Yet for the last two years he has also managed to squeeze in a weekly column for "The Times". Without fail he sat down every week and wracked his brain to think of something to write 900 words about. "Dispatches From the Sofa" is the brilliant result. Alighting on such random topics as the potential demise of Margaret Thatcher the love-hate relationship with your football club Mike Read's musical of Oscar Wilde fat pop stars Serbian breakfast banter the pleasures of air-guitar the banking crisis and the evil phenomenon of Jedward this is a thought-provoking wide-reaching hilarious and self-deprecating collection - which also includes the first two chapters from his unpublished novel - from one of our funniest quickest and most beloved comedians.Read More