title of this thread reminds me of a time I was watching the big telly screen in Harrogate LLoyds bank - waiting in the queue.

The telly is tuned to the news channel, and Ken livingstone's head pops up on the screen, and I said, ooooh! Livingstone!

A rather taciturn lady in the queue behind me said, Ah never watch tha news! Its nowt but talking about folk...

I expect these books are nowt but reading about folk...