Quartet Books

‘Much has been written about the importance of the big idea, but the best possible advice comes from someone who has actually done it. You don’t have to be new to make money, you just have to do it a bit better than the next person. The story in this book is an outstanding example of this and an inspiration to any aspiring entrepreneur.’

—Bread and Butter, reviewed in Business Executive

‘This is a short book, shrewdly argued, and with a satisfying but unobtrusive ballast of reading and research. It complements the big academic works by Peter Hennessy and David Kynaston. Everyone under 40 should read it, women in particular. Ladies, you don’t want to go back there; make cupcakes for fun if you want to, but give thanks for equality of opportunity, for the pill, domestic appliances, supermarkets and cheap clothing. Forget the captive wife fantasy. Dump misplaced nostalgia. And remember, as Jessica Mann would say, that the price of women’s liberation is eternal vigilance.’

—The Fifties Mystique reviewed in the Spectator