By Michael Parkinson
Hodder & Stoughton £20
Fans of sport are offhand about history.
You can accept the theory that great matches and feats of skill took place before you were born. But because you didn't experience it, you're inclined to wonder if any of it matters, or ever truly happened at all. The past is a foreign country known only to your dad and other dinosaurs.
It's why, if you're much younger than 75, you can't