The Journal of the Cricket Society reviews The Nature of Cricket

‘This book was not what I expected,’ writes Jayne Hancock in her review of The Nature of Cricket in the Cricket Society’s new Journal. ‘And all the better for it.’ Though the chapters do set out to examine the flora and fauna of cricket grounds, she explains, ‘they are only used by the author to indicate his feeling that cricket is losing its connection to our environment, as it changes its own “nature” as it attempts to compete in a profit-seeking world.’

‘Coster has done a great job,’ she goes on. ‘The book is full of humour with enjoyable cricket anecdotes, supported by excellent photographs … I enjoyed this book a lot.’

Routemasters of the Universe at Stanfords

On 30 November Stanfords in Covent Garden hosted an event on Routemasters of the Universe with Harry Rosehill giving an illustrated talk on his book, with a good turnout.

Routemasters of the Universe launched on a Routemaster

Routemasters of the Universe was launched on a chilly night at the Old Bank of England Pub in London’s Fleet Street, and specifically in the Routemaster bus-turned-bar in the beer garden. Here is the author, Harry Rosehill, with transport blogger Geoff Marshall.

IanVisits reviews Routemasters of the Universe

The popular London blog IanVisits has just reviewed Routemasters of the Universe. ‘Probably three-quarters of the stories are ones that you wouldn’t expect,’ Ian writes, ‘and quite a few will have you sitting up in surprise. In that, it’s an informative and at times, an uplifting tale of how people will find the most unexpected ways of using what they have available to them.’

The Londonist features Routemasters of the Universe

Harry Rosehill has written a feature on the afterlives of the Routemaster bus, based on his new book Routemasters of the Universe, on the Londonist website.

The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones praises 100 People You Never Knew Were at Bletchley Park

Rory Cellan-Jones, who as the BBC’s longstanding Technology Correspondent championed the - ultimately successful - campaign to save and restore the historic Bletchley Park site for posterity, praised 100 People You Never Knew Were at Bletchley Park as ‘a great idea for a book’.

The Guardian commends The Nature of Cricket

In the Guardian’s weekly newsletter on cricket, The Spin, Simon Burnton described The Nature of Cricket as ‘excellent’.

Buses magazine reviews Routemasters of the Universe

In the December 2021 issue of Buses magazine Alan Millar reviews Routemasters of the Universe and suggests it might be ‘the sort of book to share your bus interests with “normal” people’…

Wisden Cricket Monthly reviews The Nature of Cricket

Wisden Cricket Monthly devotes the Books section in its October issue to a double-page review of Philip Brown’s volume of cricket photographs and Graham Coster’s The Nature of Cricket. ‘Cricket exists now in such a frenzy of formats, competitions and tournaments that it can blur by,’ writes Jon Hotten, ‘the detail of matches from just a few weeks ago already forgotten. These two books hold it still for a while, and ask us to look in a different way.’

Country Life reviews 100 People You Never Knew Were at Bletchley Park

In the 22 September issue of Country Life Kate Green reviewed 100 People You Never Knew Were at Bletchley Park, writing that ‘Most codebreakers’ families were unaware of their relatives’ crucial work. This book does a great service in revealing the life stories of 100 of them.’