Tony Sandy's 3 favorite reads in 2024

It covered the German defeat in France, through pointing out that American and British planes demoralised the Germans in the same way that the Germans had demoralised the rest of Europe, through the use of Stuka bombers and Blitzkrieg tactics on the ground. It also pointed out that the Germans had lost out to the fresh American and Canadian troops, plus refreshed British elements, in an overwhelming flood of soldiers, tanks, planes, bombardment by sea and air, plus ammunition and food supplies. Another thing it hammered away at was that the Germans were battle hardened and continually counter attacked the allies, slowing down their advance. The Germans 'could' have thrown the allies back into the sea but for serious military blunders by those higher up the command chain.

This was the first of her books I read and the impact it had on me was enough to go on and read most of her other books on the same subject, plus share them with as many appropriate local support groups in my area as possible. I had discovered the author when someone on a forum I was a member of, shared the index pages from another of her books, 'Disentangling From Emotionally Immature People.' Although this wasn't compiled by her, it clarified the differences between mature and immature people and the negative tactics they employ to put others down and keep them down. Loved it.

The author is one of the famous trio of Liverpudlian poets of the sixties Adrian Henri, Brian Patten and McGough. He was also part of the Scaffold, a group that included Paul McCartney's brother and was famous for a novelty song called Lily, The Pink. He presents Poetry Please, a radio show on BBC Radio 4 and is president of The Poetry Society in the UK. His poems are short, witty, full of puns and sometimes serious. They cover a wide variety of topics and styles, so it is not easy to get bored with what he throws at you next. For a light read this and other of his books drag you out of depression.