How the Music Hall Went Legit

Now here's a funny thing – a history of the music hall by a former Conservative prime minister. Former PMs and party leaders have tended to write books about highly respectable subjects (and themselves, of course). But John Major – an unusual politician and unusual PM – has written, in honour of his dear old dad, an uncommon book about one of the most extraordinary, vital and creative chapters in British theatrical history, another influential contribution to world culture improbably emanating from this tiny island.