Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

July26

Born in Bolton

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This one is a new book on some (mainly) less well known Lancashire cricketers which, unsurprisingly, Martin seems to have much enjoyed

July19

Second Only To Bradman

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It has been a while since we reviewed something from The Cricket Publishing Company but, the lockdown in the Shaky Isles having eased, Martin has at last received his copy of this classy volume

July12

Jim Laker in Print

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Sixty years ago an autobiography from Jim Laker ruffled more feathers than any cricket book before or since. In this post Martin tells the story of Over to Me

July05

One Long and Beautiful Summer

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The good news is that a new book from Duncan Hamilton has just been published ……. and the bad news? Seems like the best plan is to forget that for a couple of hours and read ‘One Long and Beautiful Summer’ instead

June28

David Foot

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After a recent post on Alan Gibson Martin looks at another West Country writer whose work was touched with genius, David Foot