{"product_id":"9780349006406","title":"Between the Stops","description":"Author: Sandi Toksvig\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349006406\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Oct 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBETWEEN THE STOPS \u003ci\u003eis a sort of a memoir, my sort. It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the Number 12 bus (mostly top deck, the seat at the front on the right)\u003c\/i\u003e, a double-decker that plies its way from Dulwich, in South East London where I was living, to where I sometimes work at the BBC in the heart of the capital. It's not a sensible way to write a memoir at all, probably, but it's the way things pop into your head as you travel, so it's my way.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom London facts including where to find the blue plaque for Una Marson, 'the first black woman programme maker at the BBC', to discovering the best Spanish coffee under Southwick railway arches; from a brief history of lady gangsters at Elephant and Castle to memories of climbing Mount Sinai and, at the request of a fellow traveller, reading aloud the Ten Commandments; from the story behind Pissarro's painting of Dulwich Station to performing in Footlights with Emma Thompson; from painful memories of being sent to Coventry at a British boarding school to thinking about how Wombells Travelling Circus of 1864 haunts Peckham Rye and anecdotes about Prince Charles, Monica Lewinsky and Grayson Perry; from \u003ci\u003eBake-Off\u003c\/i\u003e antics to stories of a real and lasting friendship with John McCarthy, to the importance of family and the daunting navigation of the Zambezi River in her father's canoe; this Sandi Toksvig-style memoir is, as one would expect and hope, packed full of surprise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA funny and moving trip through memories, musings and the many delights on the number 12 route, \u003ci\u003eBETWEEN THE STOPS \u003c\/i\u003eis also an inspiration to us all to get off our phones, to look up and to talk to each other because as Sandi says: 'some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep'.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697600909470,"sku":"ADS-9780349006406","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349006406.jpg?v=1775718075","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349006406","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}