Rags to Richie - Shane Richie Reviews

To be honest I'm not much of a book reader and if anything only football autobiographies appeal to me. However, I can make an exception for Shane Richie's 'Rags to Richie.' My mum bought it and said it was worth a read so I thought I woild give it a go when I went off on holiday and only did so because I liked his character on ...  Read the complete review

I was first struck by Shane Ritchie as the lovely guy who loved his Nan to bits and his constant misfortunes trying to woo the sassy Kat Slater, up until then I hadn,t really rated the guy so when I discovered his autobiography in the charity shop, after seeing him strut his struff in EASTENDERS thought I would give it a read. What a treat, I ...  Read the complete review

Shane Richie is the son of a dustbin man from harlesden. This book tells of the good and bad times shane has had in his struggle from there to where he is now. Shane started out after leaving school working at butlins holiday camps, he then stared in a musical performance of grease, then he became a well known face on saturday ...  Read the complete review

I have just come back from a blissful week in Tunisia, lying around the pool reading books, sipping the odd cold beer along the way, just to keep cool you understand. One of the books I read was Rags to Ritchie by Shane Ritchie (with Sue Crawford). And I’m surprised to admit it was a dam good read! Previous thoughts about ...  Read the complete review

I’ve never really been a fan of Shane Ritchie. You see my hairdresser is the hairdresser to the Nolan’s and when he had his affair with the dancer of Grease, the sisters went up in arms over it. My opinion of him dropped drastically as I heard first hand at that time just how much he had hurt the youngest of the sisters, Colleen. When I ...  Read the complete review

HATE TO ACCEPTANCE A few years ago, I would have said I hated Shane Richie. There was no concrete reason behind it, I’d never met the man, it was just a feeling. I knew he’d cheated on Coleen Nolan when they were married and I thought of him as arrogant, annoying, one of those grinning faces you want to slap. When I ...  Read the complete review