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THE WRITING ON THE WALL Paperback book by Mike Read

Paperback Book, measurements: 210 x 148 x 15mm. 168 pages.  Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white.

Author Mike Read is an award-winning broadcaster and writer and chairman of the British  Plaque Trust.

In the past ten years, he has created some fifty plaques for musical icons to mark BBC Music Day – many of which are featured in the book.

Mike is hosting a TV show, based on the book, on Talking Pictures TV, also entitled “The Writing On The Wall”.

Foreword by Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales and the maternal uncle of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

A blue plaque is a symbol of our national heritage; a living footprint of our history, each one serving as a permanent reminder of an important contribution to the history of the country.

The plaques commemorate notable, influential and successful people from all walks of life. They are erected in the present to celebrate our past and inspire our future.

This paperback book contains 100 such plaques, and the stories and people behind them, from across the United Kingdom, each linking, through a common denominator, to the next.

From David Bowie to William Shakespeare, the book honours kings, actors, singers, explorers, footballers, cricketers, writers, inventors, scientists, politicians, musicians, reformers, broadcasters, songwriters, comedians, pioneers, soldiers, artists, poets, athletes, dancers, activists and educators.

From Lennon and McCartney to the victims of Jack The Ripper, this is an eclectic representation of British life, through our commemorative plaques, from the 1500s to the present day.