Charlie Connelly est un auteur célébré de non-fiction populaire, tirant parti de son expérience de présentateur radio et télévisé pour enrichir ses écrits. Ses livres explorent des sujets fascinants et souvent inattendus, toujours avec une voix distinctive et une perspective perspicace. Le style narratif de Connelly se caractérise par une recherche méticuleuse associée à une approche narrative captivante, révélant des histoires cachées avec esprit et profondeur. Sa capacité unique à rendre les sujets complexes accessibles et captivants solidifie sa réputation de voix significative dans la non-fiction contemporaine.
Exploring the life of Edward Connelly, an ordinary boy thrust into the extraordinary chaos of the First World War, this memoir captures personal and historical insights. Bestselling author Charlie Connelly delves into his great uncle's experiences, shedding light on the impact of the war on individual lives and the broader societal changes it initiated. Through poignant storytelling, the narrative honors the sacrifices of those who served and offers a unique perspective on a pivotal moment in history.
Despite the all-pervading influence of television an astonishing ninety per cent of people in Britain still listen to the radio, clocking up over a billion hours of listening between us every week. It's a background to all our lives: we wake up to our clock radios, we have the radio on in the kitchen as we make the tea, it's on at our workplaces and in our cars. Most of our lives can be measured in kilohertz. In Last Train To Hilversum Charlie Connelly explores the place of radio in our world, taking stock of the history of the medium and celebrating its role as one of the very few genuinely shared national experiences. He explores some of the geniuses, crackpots and charlatans who helped to give us the radio we know today, talks to some of our great contemporary broadcasters from Corrie Corfield to Cerys Matthews, visits Britain's smallest commercial station and amplifies the voices, personalities and programmes that have helped to form who we are as individuals and as a nation. Part nostalgic reverie, part social history, part travelogue, Last Train To Hilversum is Connelly's love letter to radio, exploring our relationship with the medium from its earliest days to the present in a journey from the wireless to wireless.
A wittily told journey through time as the author walks a series of famous
historical journeys, uncovering British heritage and discovering the
contemporary landscape.
One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women. 'Ang on boy, Joan's got sumfink
to show yer.' She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of
paper and handed it to me. Constance Street,' she said. `As I remember it.'
There are few more instantly recognisable figures, from any era, from any walk of life, than W.G. Grace. With his enormous height, beer-barrel girth and immense beard he was - and remains - a caricaturist's dream. Too much so, in many ways. Arguably the finest and most influential cricketer who ever lived and one of the first true celebrities Grace became a persona rather than a person, racketing up unprecedented amounts of runs and wickets while slowly vanishing behind an increasing swirl of myth and apocrypha. Gilbert is the first examination of Grace to dig beneath the surface, blow the fog of fable and explore the man himself, the human being, and ask what he might have thought and felt. Who, in effect, was W.G. Grace? In the year that marks the centenary of Grace's death, Charlie Connelly charts the final years of his life, from his fiftieth birthday celebrations in 1898 to his death at the age of 67 in 1915, through the eyes of Grace himself. In an unusual take on this most eminent Victorian and extraordinary pioneering sportsman, Connelly draws on contemporary documents and accounts to imagine Grace's progress through his final years. It was no quiet dotage either: he played cricket until a year before his death, captained the England curling team and remained an enthusiastic golfer and shooter to the end. He also dealt with bereavement, ill health and was greatly troubled by the gathering clouds of war. He was, in short, a human being as much as a sporting colossus
