A brilliantly warm hearted celebration of the lost art of having fun When Greg James was ten years old his nylon shell suit clad idols the Chuckle Brothers to me to you signed an autograph from them to him with the message All the best for the future It was a weirdly formal message for a kid Ten year old Greg had no idea what the future held no clue what was in store for him as he carried on through life How could he No one really knows what s coming We all have big dreams and small ones ideas about how we want our lives to pan out when you ll get married where you ll live how many children you want what you want to be when you grow up We race through the milestones desperate to unlock life s next level and before you know it you re a grown up That s all well and good but have you remembered to have fun along the way Whether it s entertaining the nation with his hugely popular BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show writing big funny adventures for kids with his bestselling children s books finding the joy in cricket and F1 in his podcasts Tailenders and The Fast and the Curious or posting stupid videos of his adorable but quite thick dog Barney Greg s focus is to put a smile on people s faces because let s face it having fun is someth
The story of a national treasure we won t soon forget by the woman who knew him best I mention you ve been smoking He mustn t she says alarmed There s so much oxygen in your house he d explode There is a funny side to this a cartoonish end Johnnie Walker DJ Explodes Just try not to take the house with you In Johnnie Walker Both Sides Now his devoted wife Tiggy shares the final chapter of their life together the slow painful goodbye to the man she adored She reflects on the soaring highs of Johnnie s legendary Radio 2 career as they navigate the heartbreak frustration and strange intimacy of anticipatory grief This is an honest deeply personal portrait of love and loss a raw life affirming tribute to a remarkable life well lived With wit and unflinching clarity Tiggy lays bare the emotional toll of caring for someone at the end of life and the impossible task of letting go while still holding on Not just for those who loved Johnnie Walker this is for anyone who s known the tangled messy grace of caring grieving and loving all the way to the final breath