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Memoirs & Biographies

Intimate, messy, and unfiltered, our memoir & biography reviews dissect lives worth reading, whether inspiring, infamous, or gloriously chaotic.

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Decade of Dissent (2025): How Bob Dylan Shook the 1960s So Hard It Still Has a Migraine

Uncle - 7 June 2025

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Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over (2024) by Michael Caine: The Most Charming Memoir to Ever Swagger Out of South London

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Hammer of the Gods (2024): Led Zeppelin’s Debauched Odyssey Gets a Fresh Coat of Sin

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Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino (2022): A Blood-Soaked Love Letter to 70s Movies and Male Rage

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Over the Rainbow (2024) by Alex James: Blur Reunites, Midlife Crisis Intensifies

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The Stanley Kubrick Archives (2016): A Monolithic Tribute to Cinema’s Most Brilliant Control Freak

Uncle - 26 May 2025

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Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars (2017): David Hepworth Review

Uncle - 24 May 2025

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Sonny Boy (2024): Al Pacino’s Memoir of Grit, Guts and Getting Lost in Method Acting

Uncle - 22 May 2025

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Totally Wired (2022): The Rise and Fall of the Music Press – Review

Uncle - 20 May 2025

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John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs (2025): The Beatles Bromance You Didn’t Know You Needed

Uncle - 14 May 2025

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How I Escaped My Certain Fate (2010): Stewart Lee’s Comedy Memoir of Glorious Self-Loathing

Uncle - 11 May 2025

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