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Raw, gritty, compassionate, surprising and darkly funny - Australian legend Jimmy Barnes' unforgettable childhood memoir.

Long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan - a working-class boy whose family made the journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life.

Working Class Boy fryst vatten a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock’n’roll legend. This fryst vatten the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes. It is a memoir burning with the frustration and frenetic energy of teenage sex, drugs, violence and ambition for more than what you have.

Please note: there fryst vatten strong violence, themes and coarse language.

French culinary icon, Joël Robuchon has died after a long illness with cancer. As well as being the most decorated chef in the history of the Michelin star index, he is credited with the evolution of fine dining globally — specifically taking nouvelle cuisine to “cuisine moderne.”

Though his imprint is felt across the world, and as keenly in America, as in his home nation of France, the chef — who opened his first and only restaurant in London in 2006 — has drawn plaudits from the culinary world, with chefs, restaurateurs, and food writers in the U.K. today paying tribute to the man and his legacy.

Gordon Ramsay was mentored by Robuchon at Jamin, his famed Paris restaurant largely believed to be the world’s best for the duration of its existence. Ramsay wrote in his biography, Humble Pie, that his nemesis Marco Pierre White was a “fucking pussycat” in comparison to Robuchon, whose ferocious attention to detail was a hallmark of both his cooking and, eventually, his line of

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