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'Very funny... Written with wit, energy and attitude... an engaging, knowledgeable and sympathetic read.'
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‘Very funny, fascinating, convincing and engaging. Read in small bursts “The Groundwater Diaries” have the wit, energy and attitude of punk music itself which was not without serious cultural importance and even occasional beauty.’ Independent on Sunday
‘Bradford can see the serious in the inconsequential and vice versa. He comes across as the kind of guy you’d love to have a drink or three with.’ Glasgow Herald
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Tim Bradford seems the sort of bloke you'd sit down with in the pub for a quiet pint, but end up having a mammoth beer session with instead, and a good laugh too. Although this is a hugely informative book about London's hidden rivers, it thankfully shuns the customary po-faced format of history texts and laces it instead with tales of lost Danish punk bands, elusive hardline feminist river walkers, water-hexed football stadia and much (maybe too much judging by some of the author's off-theme theories) extra strength lager as a dowsing tool.
But its real strength, on top of the excellent cartoons and etchings that break up the words, lies in its depiction of latter-day London. As Bradford wanders the streets on rainy days looking for glimpses of long forgotten ditches, he bumps into all kinds of bums, dropouts and drinkers that are as much a part of the capital's hidden fabric as the streams of yore he professes to be seeking.
For me, this book combined the perfect reading experience - laughter and learning.
But its real strength, on top of the excellent cartoons and etchings that break up the words, lies in its depiction of latter-day London. As Bradford wanders the streets on rainy days looking for glimpses of long forgotten ditches, he bumps into all kinds of bums, dropouts and drinkers that are as much a part of the capital's hidden fabric as the streams of yore he professes to be seeking.
For me, this book combined the perfect reading experience - laughter and learning.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I ordered this book I fully expected a slightly left wing approach to the subject. It was more left wing than I had expected though. It is interesting and informative but leaves some of the detail out ie specific locations and cold hard facts. There is too much personal opinion and guess work. It is still very interesting and for lovers of London and primarily an interest in the lost rivers still a very enjoyable read. The author does write with affection of the subject, and the personalities and buildings within. Plenty of humour and observations of life but a little too many drug and drink references for my liking.
9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you come to this book hoping to learn about the underground rivers in London, you will be disappointed. The facts are spread very thin. If you were hoping for puerile -- often lavatory -- humour, then you may like it. The writer clearly thinks he is funny, but he has neither the wry humour of Bill Bryson nor his human insight -- into others, or himself. The digressions are of a scale with Tristram Shandy, but this is no Sterne, alas. Not informative, not funny, not recommended (by me, at least).
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Scraping the Barrel
Tim Bradford is clearly under the impression that if he lards his text with profanities, it will be very amusing. I wish. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. Fiona Allen
Promised much delivered little !!
Sounds interesting i thought , always looking for a good book to read , but having dragged myself through it i was left totally underwhelmed ! Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2005 by Roger J. Markham
Hilarious, Inventive, Surprising and True
This is a marvellous read - the humour is sharp, the observations perceptive, the wealth of information breath-taking. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2005 by D. Smith
No, no, no!
This really was a waste of money - it wasn't educational (as it promised to be from readng the cover) and it wasn't funny. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2004 by Phil The Bear
Too blokey jokey
Bradford tries to do a Hornby crossed with Bryson, but his personality, sense of humour and record collection just aren't in the same league. He can draw, though. Read more
Published on 19 May 2003
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