Billy Connolly is one of Britain’s best loved comedians, singers, actors and presenters. “The Ultimate Collection” is a unique 3CD compilation containing a highly entertaining collection of his best stand-up comedy and songs; both as a solo artist and as a member of The Humblebums (the folk rock group that he co-founded with Tam Harvey and performed in alongside Gerry Rafferty). It includes stand-up comedy classics...
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and...