Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

In this feature Martin looks back at the career of a man who put the ‘Glam’ in Glamorgan

This week Martin reviews David Battersby’s latest monograph and, based on his rating, this one is the best yet

It has taken 145 years, but James Southerton’s account of the 1876/77 visit of an English team to Australia has finally been published in book form

New material from Neville Cardus continues to emerge and, as another Ashes contest unfolds in Australia, it is fitting that the latest instalment concerns his time there

It’s back to 1930 and a remarkable match at Bristol that is the subject of Gerry Wolstenholme’s latest book

As the Counties in Print series reaches Worcestershire, we are left with just the White Rose to go

Written by Scyld Berry and bearing the Fairfield Books imprint means that the quality of this one comes with a copper-bottomed guarantee

Rather belatedly we have a review of the surprise (to Martin anyway) choice as Wisden Book of the Year in its 2021 edition

Apparently Martin wanted to give this one six stars, but sadly Wordpress will not permit such profligacy

A slim limited edition from our favourite Sydney based publisher was always going to prove popular with Martin, so there are no surprises in this review