I am a big fan of Mark Steel's, I loved the "Mark Steel Lectures" series that he did for the Open University. He is very good at explaining ideas in plain english, de-jargonising them and adding touch of humor to the learning experience. The majority of the series seems to be on you tube, just search for his name and you will find them.

In his latest book he talks mostly about the last ten years of his life, the birth of his two kids, his split with his partner and the end of his membership of the SWP. If your thinking what's so interesting about that well i'm 35 year old and he is 46 so I am just about to go through what he is talking about in his book (hopefully not splitting with my wife and I'm not an SWP member). My wife is eight months pregnant with our first child. The book is honest and amusing and very reasuring that my complete lack of preparedness for becoming a father is the norm.

The book is an entertaining read and well written, I took it on holiday and it only lasted three days a good sign for me. I don't share Mark's views on Capitalism but enjoy reading his arguments, which do have merit because they are well thought out.

4/5 for me.