For anyone interested in the beautiful game off the pitch, as well as on it, these are must-haves.
Got some free time at the weekend? You could do a lot worse than grab one of these and have a day on the sofa...
Fresh from beating Scotland at the Cricket World Cup, Tim Wigmore reveals how the game grew in Afghanistan.
I don’t read as much non-fiction as I should. After all, as we are constantly reminded, the truth is often much stranger than it’s made up counterpart and therefore, in theory at least, much more interesting. This is certainly true of Paul Knott’s “The Accidental Diplomat”, part travelogue part memoir of his career in the Foreign Office, spanning twenty years and seven countries with an attendant cast of gun toting pensioners, drunken MP’s, KGB spies and Eastern European Michael Jackson Tribute Acts.
It can’t have escaped your notice that 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War and, with it, a deluge of books that will find it hard to surpass the brilliance of these six...
Ever wondered what you'd call an adolescent male's first attempt at sideburns? Or the tilt of an imaginary pint glass to see if your mate wants a...
Boy About Town is Tony Fletcher’s compelling and evocative memoir of growing up in south London in the 1970s and early 80s. It counts down a To...
Exercise is boring so let's just not do it, okay?
Whether you savour it or down it one, this book is essential reading for any committed soak.
The First Law author takes a (brilliant) stab at young-adult fiction and to celebrate, we've got an ace prize...
Write a book about Tottenham kits, whack in some snaps, self-publish it when they're doing well and sit back to wat...
A book that Liverpool fans will love - of course - but one that anyone with even a passing interest in football and...
The seasoned jibber and terrace legend talks prison, the media, and his new book The Undesirables.
The secret, dangerous world of prisons has always intrigued me, especially in the US. So at the risk of my own deat...
In his debut novel, Flinn pokes thinly-veiled fun at his native Newcastle United - and takes us back to days of Sunday morning knockabouts...
As the world mourns the passing of author Sue Townsend, I remember her most famous and beloved creation...
About to submit that great British novel to the publishers? Stop. Lock it in a drawer and read this...
Is the Hemingway legend of booze, bull-fighting and bravado really an accurate portrayal of America's greatest ever writer?
Next week, Arimstead Maupin releases the ninth and final book in the Tales of the City series, meaning that fans must prepare to say their final goodbyes to some of literature’s most beloved characters...
They say you’re only as old as you feel, but there are some novels you really need to read in your 20s.
It may have been written in 1887, but this genuinely frightening read is still shit scary today...
The incumbent ward of the great American novel, Denis Johnson follows in the footsteps of Bukowski and Kerouac, ref...
Ah, christmas morning when you're a kid. Waking up at 5am, running downstairs, ignoring your Dad in a santa outfit ...
Just because it’s unknown doesn’t mean it deserves to be. Here are ten novels that, for whatever reason, didn’t get the recognition they de...
Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Elmore Leonard, you've all heard of them, but have you read these ten brilliant novels by them?
From Helmand Province to Normandy, the Battles of Britain and Stalingrad we present a guide to great War Books. Don't hit the beach without one.
From a Bohemian childhood in Soho to trawler fishing off Italy with a hangover via ska, 2Tone, Olympics and a lot of Madness, Suggs autobiography...
The final part of Robert Endacott's Dirty Leeds trilogy is a painful reminder of the insanity that filtered down fr...
Bukowski for kids, Officer O'Reilly is pregnant, - definitely not the sort of books you want to read to your sweet ...
Had enough of being told what to read by endless literary supplements? Then let me take you deep into the world of ...
Rogue cowboys, pistols at dawn and a misunderstanding that forever changed the American West. This extract from a g...
The narrative is essentially that of the traditional ‘hero’s journey’, only Blood Meridian has no hero. It is simply the epic journey of a dickhead...
Had your fill of Delia Smith, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay? On the look out for a different kind of cook book? Bully Beef And Boiled Sweets might just be the answer.
From the 1800s to the present day, these are my favourite début novels from throughout history. We've got Hobbits, violence, teenage awkwardness and tin men...
It's all very well to get into a thick book with a slow burn, but the best books are the ones that grab you from th...
Forget leftist political slogans and pacman stencils, these works of street art are all about bringing books to the...
Some books have a slow burn, but there's nothing wrong with that, because the ending can completely turn your world...
I fell in love with charity shops in the 1980s when I was an indie kid teenager with a taste for wearing dead mens�...
Take a bow...
Proof that that it wasn't all just about Portishead and Massive Attack (though t...
From Iggy Pop in Star Trek to The Clash in a Scorcese flick, here are some on-sc...
From Hotel Chevalier to Moonrise Kingdom, the choice cuts from the big man's sou...
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Tinder Passport has landed, slid seamlessly through customs and been met at the ...
You wouldn't want to have got in the way of this one.
Back in the glory days of the 80s music industry, things were different. And the...
The islands might be best known for Soca, but there's a whole world of other gem...
They were the anti-heroes of a generation, like Vikings compared to the timid pu...
There's been a lot of talk over the past week about David Lynch classic Twin Pea...
The government is voluntarily surrendering our place at the top table and the Am...
You've all been wondering what Boy Kill Boy have been up to since 'Suzy'. 'Cours...
Sturgeon represents a streak of decency and integrity almost extinct in British ...
Absolute beast.
Hacks on the big screen. Here's the pick of the bunch.
A selection of quotations from the famous and the not so famous of God’s own c...
For four seasons now, Game of Thrones has delivered some of the most dramatic an...
Dorne. Lock it in your mind. It’s a place where Game of Thrones will be spendi...
It was the simple story of a very naughty boy who gets mistaken for the Messiah....