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  • Published: 1 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409018650
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464

Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

Writing on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother




A treasure trove of Schama's writing with subjects ranging from cookery to Barack Obama.

Passionate, provocative, entertaining and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble ranges far and wide: from cookery and family to Barack Obama, from preaching and Shakespeare to Victorian sages, from Charlotte Rampling and Hurricane Katrina to 'The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of The Osbournes'.

  • Published: 1 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409018650
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464

About the author

Simon Schama

Simon Schama is a professor of art history and history at Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Rough Crossings, A History of Britain and The Story of the Jews. He is a cultural essayist for The New Yorker and has written and presented more than thirty documentaries.

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Praise for Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

A busy and eventful voyage round Schamaland.. a one-man babble of erudition and wild enthusiasms

Elizabeth Grice, Daily Telegraph

Entrancing... A bedside book of rich insights... Enjoy

Peter Preston, The Observer

His eloquence is on magnificent display in this new book: a delightful collection of journalistic essays... The length of his book, overflowing with purple prose (though very rarely at the cost of substance), demonstrates that, often, Schama does not know when to stop. But in this case, maybe that is not such a bad thing

James Grant, The Independent on Sunday

Historian Simon Schama is man of broad interests, making this diverse collection of reviews, speeches and interviews well worth reading

Simon Shaw, Daily Mail

It really is very good...witty, learned, informative and clarifying

Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard

Lively and provocative... This book is a delight

Herald

Ranging from Scorsese to soufflé Schama is a damn marvel

Independent

The most stimulating and surprising writing here is on cooking and eating... Diverting personal history

Daily Telegraph

This sparkling, effervescent collection bridges the gap between scholarly and popular writing... It is excellent holiday reading: dip into this between the sea and the bar and you will find a subtle and amusing companion

Richard Ormrod, The Spectator

Wilfully miscellaneous but addictively readable volume... He is clever, versatile and extremely likeable

John Sutherland, Financial Times