Middle England Media: 3 books

Hands up if you’d prefer a world without call centres – a world in which builders turned up on the day they promised, cashpoints didn’t charge you to withdraw your own money, and cold-callers were afraid to knock on your door.  Good… that appears to be everyone!  Then you’ll...

It’s not the length that matters, it’s what you do with it that counts. And Iain Pattison certainly knows what to do with a short story. The internationally-acclaimed humourist has been entertaining readers on both sides of the Atlantic for more than 15 years with a succession of short...

Not many men buy tampons. Even fewer buy them and write slogans about them in the hope of winning a car. But for Tim Wembury, it’s just a normal part of his life. As is buying 99 tins of cat food just to get the entry-forms on the labels (he doesn’t have a cat) and winning a year’s...