All Cheeses Great and Small

Alex James bought a house, a very big house in the country. Readers of a book by Alex James, may understandably be initially perplexed that the content is not music related. However he already published that one; it is called ‘A bit of a blur’. If you are expecting more of those music industry, tour......more

I lived beside and helped out on a farm for part of my childhood, so the endless toil Alex captures rings true. However, there's just something about the endless optimism and gushing that started to wear thin about halfway through the book. Some parts are interesting, but his tangents about his love......more

Alex comes across as an easy-going chap with an attractive boyish enthusiasm for living, whether its wowing them at Glastonbury or sniffing blackberries in his (extensive) hedgerows. He's good at playing the guitar, making cheese and writing about his enchanting life. If his wife ever gets bored I wo......more

Another Fopp bargain, I picked this up as I had enjoyed his previous book Bit of a Blur. This one opens with him buying a farm, almost on whim, but falling in love with the idea of becoming a farmer. I knew he was a celebrated cheese maker these days, but it was fascinating to hear how he got to that......more