Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

September03

Cricket’s Mystery Man

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After having their appetites whetted by last week’s book on Bevan Congdon Martin and Archie have been delving into Bill Francis’ back catalogue – for Martin the subject was Sydney Smith

August13

Gentleman and Player

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As the third writer to have chronicled the life of a national treasure Andrew Murtagh took on a tricky challenge with this one, but from Martin’s review would seem to have emerged triumphant

August06

The Lord of Lord’s

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This week’s book delves way back into the history of the game, the story beginning back in the reign of Charles I, and ending more than a decade before Test cricket began

July30

The Kings of Summer

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Having already reviewed one very different book on the subject Martin has been reading Duncan Hamilton’s book about the climax of the 2016 County Championship

July23

A Game Taken Seriously

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There must be more books about the history of Yorkshire cricket than that of any other county, which makes Jeremy Lonsdale’s feat in looking at part of the subject from a new perspective all the more impressive

July09

Over and Out

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As England take on South Africa at Lord’s Martin reviews the biography of a man whose main claim to fame relates to a feat he performed at the famous old ground as long ago as 1899