An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge - John O'Farrell Reviews

An Utterly Impartial History of Britain Learning things is fun. Well, that's what I tell my daughter now that she's started school anyway. But it is true, increasing the sum of your knowledge is enriching and empowering and for this reason I like to mix up some educational non fiction on my daily commute amongst the normal run of pot ...  Read the complete review

John O'Farrell is an author, broadcaster and comedy script writer who made his name a few years ago with his debut book 'Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter' (1998) and 'The Best a Man Can Get (2000)'. His writing and humour has always been from a slightly left wing perspective but even though he ...  Read the complete review

The monumental task of condensing the entirity of British civilised history into one entirely readable and humourous volume must have seemed like a daunting task to John o' Farrel when he set about writing his 'Utterly Impartial History of Britain. However, not only did he succeed in this task, but he was written what is probably the most ...  Read the complete review

This is my first book review, as I have been somewhat reluctant to attempt to give a book that I liked a good enough review without giving away the plot! But I suppose with this non-fiction book, that should be easy enough to do as everyone will know what is in the book- although according to John O'Farrell, the author of An Utterly Impartial ...  Read the complete review