You will love this book.' - RICHARD OSMAN
Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize
A Rough Trade Book of the Year
A Resident Book of the Year
A Monorail Book of the Year
A Virgin Radio Book of the Year
In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twenty-two independently signed guitar-based bands, C86 was the sound and ethos that defined a generation. It was also arguably the point at w...
The story of the 1989 Tour de France victory of American cyclist Greg LeMond, who won by a mere eight seconds. Examines his rivalry with French rider Laurent Fignon, as, over the three week race, the pair were never separated by more than 53 seconds.
For football fans who hungrily feed on gossip and rumour, Christmas comes twice a year - once in August and again in January. These are the months when the transfer window dominates thoughts, when the prospect of a new signing or two reinvigorates the hopes and dreams of the hopelessly devoted. Nige Tassell goes behind the scenes to observe the workings of the transfer window and to examine why it continues to hold such fascination for a natio...
The legendary 1989 Tour de France in which LeMond and Fignon battled neck and neck for supremacy, never separated across the entire three weeks for more than fifty-three seconds, explored in character-rich detail by "The Bottom Corner" author Tassell.
Butch Wilkins and the Sundance Kid charts, both hilariously and touchingly, sport's golden years on terrestrial television, recreating the halcyon days of 1980s British sport.
The gripping story of the greatest race in cycling history, when Greg LeMond cinched victory by a mere eight seconds."I was convinced deep inside that I could not lose. I could not see how it could happen." -Laurent Fignon "I didn't think. I just rode." -Greg LeMond For a race as long as the mighty Tour (three weeks of testing the limits of human endurance), to have the ultimate victory decided by a margin of just eight seconds almost boggles ...
Nige Tassell writes about sport and music, and his work has appeared in the pages of FourFourTwo, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, Esquire, New Statesman, Q and The Word. He is also the author of The Bottom Corner: Hope, Glory and Non-League Football. He lives in the hill country of Somerset with his wife and two prospective future non-league players.
On a mission to rekindle his passion for live music, Nige Tassell embarks on a round-Britain trip - from super-sized arena shows to microscopic folk festivals, from blacker-than-black death metal gatherings to brightly coloured '80s pop revivals - in an attempt to get his groove back.