{"product_id":"olivetti-chronicles","title":"Olivetti Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Peel is best known for his four decades of radio broadcasting. His Radio 1 shows shaped the taste of successive generations of music lovers. His Radio 4 show, \u003ci\u003eHome Truths\u003c\/i\u003e, became required listening for millions. But all the while, Peel was also tapping away on his beloved Olivetti typewriter, creating copy for an array of patient editors. He wrote articles, columns and reviews for newspapers and magazines as diverse as\u003ci\u003e The Listener\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOz, Gandalf's Garden, Sounds, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eNow for the first time, the best of these writings have been brought together - selected by his wife, Sheila, and his four children. Music, of course, is a central and recurring theme, and he writes on music in all its forms, from \u003ci\u003eTubular Bells\u003c\/i\u003e to Berlin punk to Madonna. Here you can read John Peel on everything from the perils of shaving to the embarrassments of virginity, and from the strange joy of Eurovision to the horror of being sick in trains. At every stage, the writing is laced with John's brilliantly acute observations on the minutiae of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003eThis endlessly entertaining book is essential reading for Peel fans and a reminder of just why he remains a truly great Briton.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240449331544,"sku":"9780552157049","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780552157049_6ed47e8e-c48a-427f-9ede-8810a9f80a7a.jpg?v=1765193437","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/olivetti-chronicles","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}