Suzanne Ferriss takes a close look at Sofia Coppola's celebrated Lost in Translation (2003). Mirroring the film's structuring metaphors of travel, Ferris' analysis takes the form of a trip. Throughout, her emphasis is on establishing the film not only as a cinema classic, but as classic Coppola.
Sports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.
'John Buchan was a writer of considerable significance but he was also a man who led a remarkable public life. This magnificent biography leads us through that life with great style and understanding' Alexander McCall Smith
Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow? is not just a wonderfully witty and affectionate biography of a father by a son, but a heartwarming insight into a vanishing era of comedy.