Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

January21

Fostershire

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It’s not even the end of January yet, but already we have our first review of a book published in 2018

December31

Dilshan

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Next week we hope to run Martin’s regular update on recently published and forthcoming books, but in the meantime we close the year with a review of a book about which he clearly had mixed feelings

December31

Smiles From The Don

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He was a serious business for the unfortunate bowlers who had to try and dismiss him, but Sir Donald Bradman also generated plenty of humour along the way

December24

In Tandem

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For anyone who runs out of things to do between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve one idea would be to nip out to your local bookseller and pick up a copy of Patrick Ferriday’s latest book.

December17

Cardus Undimmed: The Last Decade

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The efforts of a handful of devotees have made sure that recent years have seen a steady flow of ‘new’ material from the pen of the most famous cricket scribe of them all. This week Martin takes a look at the fruits of their labours

December10

Maurice Leyland

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We have not reviewed a book from the ACS ‘Lives in Cricket’ series for some time, so this week Martin looks at two recent additions, both dealing with Yorkshiremen

December03

The Agony Of Choice – A Look At UK Cricket Magazines

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The humble periodical rarely gets much in the way of critical acclaim, and is generally rather better appreciated once it has gone. The history of cricket literature is littered with failed projects, and with a new player in the marketplace with a familiar name there may well be another one joining them soon. So perhaps […]