That Will Be England GoneWhen Michael Henderson visited Trent Bridge for the first day of the 2019 cricket season, he used 800 words to tell The Times readers that this would be the last season of county cricket as we understood the game. Next year we shall have The Hundred, whatever that may be, and championship cricket will be diminished to the point of invisibility. The summer of 2019 is interesting in other ways. There was a World Cup in this country, which England

Paul Mason explores how past societies have collapsed or changed

who disappeared in 1979

as well as uncovering previously overlooked characters

trying to atone for a promise broken many years before

enjoying parties

'Skint Estate' is the hard-hitting debut memoir about impoverishment

cried so much you felt great

The often hilarious

Mismatched

a rich illustrated memory of her discoveries in the order in which she encountered them

firm friends

and that the other woman is one of her best friends