Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 BusThis is Sandi Toksvig's autobiography part memoir, part diary, part travelogue and history all from the top of a double decker.

The local constable

to this seasonal guide

Becky's parents are moving to ultra-trendy Shoreditch and have asked Becky if she'll host Christmas this year

the highs and lows of life

and the nature of the mind

is an undeniably iconic and powerful symbol in literature

In this beautiful and meditative book

the craft of writing and the story-tellers who have meant the most to him

Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last

From the heart of the cold war to the current hostilities between Russia and the West

It is a palimpsest that is always being rewritten

now that he's found her