‘Old Rage’ by Sheila Hancock

My Review (5 stars out of 5)

(Audiobook)

Actor and writer Sheila Hancock writes about her life from (and before) 2016, recalling incidents from her childhood, her long acting career and her marriage to actor John Thaw. But she also talks a lot of about politics, Covid, lockdown, racism and the difficulties of getting old. In some senses this is very much a book about rage – the rage of injustice, indifference and good old plain stupidity (this means you, Dominic Cummings). Amid the ‘rage’ there is a lot of humour, and I often found myself giggling away like a kid. Ms Hancock tells a good story and while she constantly veers from the humorous to the poignant, it is always entertaining.

I’ve always been a huge fan of this dame of the theatre, so it’s no surprise that I found this book funny, touching, and highly entertaining.

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