So much does he enjoy reading about the place that sometimes we think Martin might be a closet Yorkshireman, but no one has ever dared to share that thought with him
CRICKET BOOKS
Not for the first time in recent years, this week Martin takes a look at the game in Scotland
It will only take ten minutes to read this one, but the story it tells will never be forgotten
Is this one going to be the last book on the subject of Sir Geoffrey Boycott? In truth it probably won’t be, but it is doubtful that anything in the future will match it
This one will certainly be the most obscure cricketing subject that we have the chance to read about this year
Martin felt a little way outside his comfort zone with this one, but he nonetheless seems to have much enjoyed it
In this review of a new book on the subject of his beloved Lancashire Martin reminisces about a couple of visits to Lord’s in 1990
The most readable cricketing life stories are often those you least expect, and this one is a good example
In this review of Red Rose Books’ latest publication Martin makes a couple of suggestions aimed at any historians who are ‘between projects’
We don’t always bother to review books like this one, but it seems that if nothing else Phil Tufnell’s most recent venture into print is an entertaining one