In this post the blog takes a new departure, the story of a man who assembled perhaps the finest collection of cricketing memorabilia ever to have been in private hands
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CLR James was by no means the most prolific of the game’s great writers, but is one of the most important. In this post Martin looks at his life and times
To accompany Martin’s post on the subject of CLR James we are republishing an article from 2013, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his most famous book
After a couple of false starts Martin has finally completed his post on John Nyren’s famous book
In this post Martin revisits the life of one of his favourite cricket people, this time armed with some material that has not previously seen the light of day
No blog on the subject of cricket literature could maintain credibility for too long without looking at the work of John Arlott, hence this week’s post
In a change from the advertised episode we have a piece about CB Fry’s writing. The promised look at John Nyren remains in the course of preparation
A long look at a cricket publisher again this week, and this time it is the turn of The Cricket Publishing Company
In 1864 two cricket annuals began. The modest potboiler of the two is still with us 155 years on. This post looks at the competition, a weighty work of reference that fell by the wayside after just a single edition
This week Martin rounds off his series of posts on England’s Test series with a look at the books inspired by contests with Pakistan since 1954