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A lovely guy - and this is a beautiful book which describes the consequences of losing a parent painfully well. White is an erudite author… and his passion for music and cricket, and his love for friends and family are evident in his writing. Felix takes us through his life growing up in South West London and describes how his story is forever punctuated and given meaning by cricket.
His band, The Maccabees, released four studio albums before disbanding at their commercial peak after a number one album, major festival headline shows and an Ivor Novello award. An autobiography of Felix White that features interviews with cricketers who featured in games or just moments that impacted his life.
I’ve never written a book review before, but felt compelled to do so for Felix White’s wonderful autobiographical book. But, in short, it's a stunning read that for any reader will bring back memories of your own life whilst Felix reflects poignantly on his own life.
I should have realised after trying 'The Tailenders' Podcast and finding it extremely irritating that this just wasn't going to be the book for me. It’s an autobiography beginning when he first starts to discover both cricket and music which weave his childhood years together including the loss of his mother as a teen. Not only is this book well written, poetic and captivating, with its threads running between subjects and moments in time that intertwine in a beautiful way, it is also deeply personal and heartfelt.
A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist’s 90th birthday in December 2022. It was an uphill struggle to carve their name in the history of Liverpool music, but Echo and the Bunnymen became iconic, with songs like ‘Lips Like Sugar,’ ‘The Cutter’ and ‘The Killing Moon’. After more than fifty years out of print, Talking to Women is still as sparkling, honest, profound, funny and wise as when it was first published. It's Always Summer Somewhere is his funny, heartbreaking and endlessly engaging love letter to the game.
It’s insightful, and beautifully written, and that well-quoted line from Wandavision really came to mind when reading it. For example, the lessons about life you can take from Alan Wells and the other snippet interviews with Tuffers, Trott etc are intertwined nicely into the book. It's Always Summer Somewhere' is Felix's funny, heart-breaking and endless engaging love letter to the game of cricket. His passion for the game is at the fore on the BBC ‘s number one cricket podcast and 5Live show, Tailenders, which he co-presents with Greg James and Jimmy Anderson. His passion for the game is at the fore on the BBC 's number one cricket podcast and 5Live show, Tailenders, which he co-presents with Greg James and Jimmy Anderson.As a fully fledged part of the Tailenders community, I should probably preface this review with the acknowledgment that I went into reading the book inclined to like it, however the extent to which I did is a credit to White and his writing. Felix encapsulates what cricket means to so many, and despite it being a sport which can be baffling to a neutral and engrossing to those who know, his words show a love for the game. With his infectious passion for the sport and vivid observations, you don't have to like cricket to love this. The maccabees stuff was fantastic, I loved it - a great insight but it didn't appear until halfway through. I only knew of Felix White through the Tailenders podcast which is OK if a little unstructured although I knew he was a talented musician.
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