Just finished

 "RAMBLING MAN" - Billy Connolly (2023 USA)

         This was a great read, about one guy and his time "on the road", who runs into extraordinary people, places, and experiences that not many of us will ever manage. I mean, it's not many people who can say that they played elephant polo with Ringo Starr in Nepal, or that good mate Mark Knopfler introduced them to Brett Whiteley - it was a while back and at which point Billy politely asked Brett what he did! - and then became good friends. As he always seemed to do, collecting up mates as he went along, and always finding something to laugh at. Often himself.

        I'm a big Billy Connolly fan, of his standup comedy, (most of) his movies, and especially of his hugely diverse travels on TV, which is where he picked up the material for this book. And always with such an insight into the human condition. And I'm not just talking about the "names" he ran into, but the myriads of us ordinary folk, each of whom he embraces equally. And he writes up what he finds in such a laid back manner. Find a copy!

        And before I put this one away, look for the art of Robert Lenkiewicz, clever stuff, and some of it just a touch erotic. Just a touch. He's the guy who painted Bill's portrait (on his "World Travels of England, Ireland, and Wales" TV special), down in Dorset, while Bill rabbitted on about everything under the sun, because the remarkable thing about this painting, is how Lenkiewicz has captured his subject's hidden persona, that part of the man that his comedy front hides behind. "Vulnerability" was the only word I could find for it. See what you reckon.

        Cheers...

                Trev

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