A second look at The Bird O’Freedom, an unusual book that The Mac clearly enjoyed as much as Martin did
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We had a review of this one from an English perspective earlier this year but now the acid test – what does Archie Mac think?
One of the game’s finest photographers has just released a showcase of his best work – unsurprisingly the Mac is impressed
And now for an Australian view of Peter Lloyd’s latest sumptuous contribution to the canon of Australian cricketing biography
The Mac gives his verdict on the autobiography of one of Australia’s leading sports historians
Archie’s boyhood memories are revived by this one, a biography of Rugby League legend Tommy Raudonikis
Author Alan Ross is much loved by all the reviewers on Cricket Web, and in fact by pretty much all cricket bibliophiles. See Martin’s quality short biographical piece on Ross. Through the Caribbean is really two books in one; part cricket and part travel/historical book. In his preface, Ross invites anyone only interested in the […]
As well as Martin The Mac has also been checking up on our occasional colleague’s latest book – is he similarly impressed?
Cricket is not the only sport whose tragics care deeply about its history
This week we have Archie’s take on one of the best books of 2022