Miss Chance
When teacher Mark Brown’s celebrated wife leaves him, his best friend Callum prescribes a swift return to adolescence. Mark does indeed turn back the clock, but not towards motorbikes. He returns to his first passion – horses. Getting back into the swi… [Read More]
On Horseback
A collection of short stories and articles about horses by Simon Barnes. Whether writing in “The Times” about the extraordinary racing operation of Sheikh Mohammed, or the achievements of the Riding for the Disabled movement, in the “Spectator” about t… [Read More]
Planet Zoo
Illustrated by Alan Marks Everyone has heard of the polar bear and a cheetah, but what about a Malaysian tapir or a Kerry slug? In this spirited, evocative book, Simon Barnes, wildlife journalist and explorer, presents us with a challenging, at times h… [Read More]
The Meaning of Sport
In The Meaning of Sport, award-winning sportswriter Simon Barnes gives you his grandstand seat for a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany – via the Ashes series, the Ryder Cup, Wimbledon, and more. He examines why sport… [Read More]
Hong Kong Belongers
Lyrical, wry, amusing, deceptively gentle, Simon Barnes’s second novel packs a powerful punch after it has crept up on the reader with the narrator’s fond reminiscences of expat life in pre-handover Hong Kong. The hazy and often hilarious memories of w… [Read More]
Horsesweat and Tears
Simon Barnes spent a year in and around John Dunlop’s stable in Arundel.He spoke to everyone and in the process found out how the exclusive and secretive world of racing really works. Horsesweat and Tears is something of a first. No outsider has ever b… [Read More]
Rogue Lion Safaris
A funny, romantic, evocative novel set against the safari tourism business in East Africa, written by an award-winning journalist. Armed with his late father’s trilby and a degree in zoology, Dan Lynch heads for Africa and work as a safari guide. The s… [Read More]
Flying in the Face of Nature
This is a book about a place – Minsmere – and about a belief – conservation. This is an account of a year at Minsmere, Britain’s greatest ornithological nature reserve, situated in the shadow of Sizewell on the east coast of Suffolk. This book examines… [Read More]
A Sportswriter’s Year
This book describes life behind the scenes of a sportswriter’s life. When Simon, as The Times then sportswriter he had a roving brief, and his work takes him around the world covering anything from ice-skating to motor racing. His year included the Gra… [Read More]
A la Recherche du Cricket Perdu
Cricket has always attracted fine writing and in this slim volume of tenth – five previously unpublished pieces contains some shining examples. Within these pages Simon has assembled a veritable galaxy of talent, from the delicate wit of P.G Wodehouse’… [Read More]
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