It's Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket - A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLE

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For example, the lessons about life you can take from Alan Wells and the other snippet interviews with Tuffers, Trott etc are intertwined nicely into the book. A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist’s 90th birthday in December 2022. After more than fifty years out of print, Talking to Women is still as sparkling, honest, profound, funny and wise as when it was first published.

It isn’t a sad book by any means though and I loved his tails of his early love of cricket and getting to love his guitar. I should have realised after trying 'The Tailenders' Podcast and finding it extremely irritating that this just wasn't going to be the book for me. He co-presents BBC podcast Tailenders with Greg James and England's most successful ever fast bowler Jimmy Anderson, which has proved a 'safe space' in which to channel his enthusiasm for it regularly. It's Always Summer Somewhere' is Felix's funny, heart-breaking and endless engaging love letter to the game of cricket. The Maccabees, the band for whom he is renowned, released four studio albums and split at their commercial peak after 14 years together, off the back of a UK number one album and major festival headline shows.Felix takes us through his life growing up in South West London and describes how his story is forever punctuated and given meaning by cricket. Felix is an utterly compelling author and if like me, you bought this, for a laugh, then you are in for a treat… a book that unpacks the last two decades, the sporting landscape, grief and the human condition. In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. Felix's charmingly written voyage of self-discovery through cricket and music reminds us of the power in understanding the hands we are dealt, and how the journey itself is one to embrace.

I’ve never written a book review before, but felt compelled to do so for Felix White’s wonderful autobiographical book. I admit to having to stop reading a couple of times towards the end as I didn’t want to cry on the train I was on! Because while this is a book about cricket, it isn’t a book about cricket, it’s about loss, and grief, and learning and living.Felix White's beautifully, elegantly and passionately written book reminds me why I love cricket so much. His passion for the game is at the fore on the BBC 's number one cricket podcast and 5Live show, Tailenders, which he co-presents with Greg James and Jimmy Anderson.

I can't imagine what it is like to lose a parent prematurely and at a relatively young age, however these raw and emotional sections are insightful, honest and beautifully written. The book covers White’s life thus far, intertwining his personal experiences - losing his mum to MS as a teen - with music and with cricket, chronicling the ups and downs of the England men’s team, and including interviews with those who’ve played the game such as Mike Atherton, Phil Tufnell and Chris Lewis. In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier – a revolutionary landmark for Britain. If you're aiming for an in-depth analysis of the inner workings of the higher echelons of English cricket, this might not be for you. With candour and lyricism, the ‘Duchess of Coolsville’ (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her legendary love affair with Tom Waits, and ultimately her longevity as the hardest working woman in rock and roll.I laughed and cried and like Felix cricket has been a part of my life (for over fifty years) Cricket is so often a metaphor for life and can be a tremendous force for good (check out cricketwithoutboundarie. As a fully fledged part of the Tailenders community, I should probably preface this review with the acknowledgment that I went into reading the book inclined to like it, however the extent to which I did is a credit to White and his writing.

I love reading memoirs, listening to the Maccabees and watching cricket so I was hoping this book would satisfy all my cricket literature needs. The final crow barred reference of England's World Cup triumph as some sort of personal victory for the author is laugh out loud funny (in the bad way) and narcissistic in equal measure. The Pop artist Pauline Boty reveals she married ‘the first man I could talk very freely to’ ten days after meeting him. White is an erudite author… and his passion for music and cricket, and his love for friends and family are evident in his writing. Agree with Kelly Cates - this book is about the three most important things in life: love, music and sport (or more accurately cricket).

A sort of rambling memoir about his life occasionally punctuated by weird crowbarred references to things that happened in cricket at the time. I only knew of Felix White through the Tailenders podcast which is OK if a little unstructured although I knew he was a talented musician. Felix's emphasis on poignant cricket moments alongside his narration of stories and experiences of being in the Maccabees, creates a truthful exploration of his life and unprocessed grief. An unabashed love letter to the sport that has defined Felix White's life, It's Always Summer Somewhere articulates why cricket engenders such passion and devotion through his own moving and uplifting relationship with the game.