almost read it in one sitting and the only reason i slowed down was because i didn't want it to be over!

Soft Lad isn't chronological like a traditional memoir, starting at birth and ending with death - I'm still (at the point of writing) very much alive.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. like a good long chat with a mate you have always adored' Glamour'One of those fearlessly honest books that manages to be moving and thought-provoking and funny at the same time.

It’s a protein-diet thing (“bit rank”) and, at 38, one of the changes he’s recently made to his previously boozy, schmoozy life. In ‘Soft Lad’, Grimmy will share his outlooks, surprising obsessions, the things that have shaped him and his personal experiences with the world.And skating over this life of light relief, he realised he’d asked plenty of questions of other people, but hardly a single one of himself. Maybe it's because I've listened to him on Radio 1 since I was at school, but it felt more like a series of conversations with a friend in a pub rather than a formal memoir.

Featuring a vibrant rainbow design, and our super-sized Q logo, you won't find a more stylish way to make a statement. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation.When he left Radio 1 (“because I’ve worked there for 14 years and interviewed literally every- body. Down from Oldham for a football match with his dad one day, little Nick persuaded him to detour so he could look through the windows of the Radio 1 offices, because when he grew up that was where he wanted to present the breakfast show. Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you. Some, I hope will make you laugh, and some, are emotional AF, so I’m afraid these might make you cry… They’re all honest, unfiltered and I’m proud to be sharing them with you. He's from Oldham and was a bit of an accident, meaning that he essentially grew up like an only child with siblings who were much older.

Meeting Amy Winehouse before she got big, ending up at a Madonna party with his parents, and getting life advice off Kate Moss while she eats bread and butter - it's insane what he's done but yet he makes it seem normal, and reminded me that celebrities are just people too and he approached all these situations with that attitude. I'm not really sure how I came to be aware of this book but I must have seen it being promoted somewhere on social media as it had been in my wish list for a while. From his move from Oldham, Greater Manchester, to the bright lights of London, to his 14-year career climbing to the helm of the Radio 1 breakfast show, he’ll discuss everything from his love of music through to self-care, partying, life-changing nights out, growing up, Red Nose Day, coming out, dogs, family, ADHD, Catholicism, and all that he’s seen in-between. Sometimes I felt like his descriptions felt a bit too literary for the type of book and trying to fit in too many adjectives, but perhaps this would be unnoticeable if reading it over listening.I remember having it on in my room constantly as background noise because when you're too young to go off on your own and have to stay at home, it's like having another friend. Photograph: Dean Chalkley/The Observer View image in fullscreen ‘Thinking about those party years slightly gives me the ick today’: Nick Grimshaw wears jumper by Marni at mytheresa.