75 years on from the first publication of "1066 and All That", Craig Brown takes over where Sellars and Yeatman left off. With all the zest and exuberance of the original, "1966 and All That" takes us on a half-remembered journey of imperial decline, loss of mustaches, The Sewers Crisis...
This is the remarkable story of Barry Sheene, the cheeky cockney boy who grew up to become a sporting legend. He won the British motorcycling 125cc championship aged just twenty and twice became World Champion in the 500cc class, despite two life-threatening crashes. In an era when sport and its personalities rarely made it off the back pages, Barry Sheene crossed the bridge between sport and celebrity in a..