WAINWRIGHT: THE BIOGRAPHY

THE BEATLES, FOOTBALL AND ME

Hunter Davies, renowned journalist and biographer, decided to write his memoirs after forty years of asking other people lots of questions. He has met and worked with many prominent politicians, sportsman, artists and musicians, including The Beatles, throughout his career.

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM OF BAKED BEANS

Driven by his own passion for collecting Hunter Davies sets off in search of Britain's maddest museums. As he explores these hidden gems he soon discovers that they celebrate just about everything, from lawnmowers in Southport to pencils in Keswick. These eccentric collectors are Britain's finest and could live in no other country in the world.

THE BISCUIT GIRLS

The Carr's biscuit factory that towered over Carlisle might look like just another slice of the industrial North, but for the biscuit girls, it was a place where they worked hard but also where they gossiped, got into scrapes and made lifelong friends. Outside the factory walls, there might be difficult husbands or demanding kids, but they knew there would always be an escape from their troubles at Carr's.

THE CO-OP'S GOT BANANAS: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP IN THE POST-WAR NORTH

In his memoir of growing up in post-war North of England, Hunter Davies captures the dreariness of life amid the immense damage wrought by the Second World War. He recalls the struggle to make ends meet on rationing, when chocolate was scarce, and bananas a pipe dream!

FLOSSIE TEACAKE AGAIN

Flossie Teacake longs to grow up and manages to have lots of adventures in the process.

HAPPY OLD ME

In 2016 Hunter Davies' wife, the writer Margaret Foster, died and in the days that followed, Hunter was forced to navigate the implications of being widowed. Revealing his emotional journey over the course of one year, he talks about being alone again after 55 years of marriage, coping with bereavement and being elderly. Part memoir, part self-help, this is a fitting, heartfelt tribute to the love of his life and an amusing and informative book about growing old.

A LIFE IN THE DAY

Hunter Davies shares his colourful memories of living in London during the height of the Swinging Sixties. This is an enjoyable memoir of what it was like to be at the epicentre of Britain’s artistic heart and an emotional tribute to family and friends.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

More than any other poet, Wordworth was his own biographer, and told his story through his verse. This work on the poet's entire life and times, first published in 1980, remains the only full-length popular biography. It draws upon the letters and diaries of Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, and of their contemporaries Coleridge and Southey. Hunter Davies also draws upon his own knowledge of the Lake District, which featured so strongly in Wordsworth life, to present a complete portrait of England's best known poet.