Table of Contents
Introduction: From Jesus to Eddie Moon 1
1 You Can Take the Boy Out of the East End… 3
2 Getting in Trouble and Blowing Bubbles 15
3 Sex, Drums and Rock 'n' Roll 28
4 The Smashing of the China Plates 57
5 Oh My, Thigh High, Dig Dem Dimples on Dem Knees 64
6 Luvvies, Gangsters and Snogging Brown Bears 80
7 'Don't You Mean Gospel?' 96
8 That Was the Day That Was 113
9 The Only Way is Essex 128
10 A Sprinkling of Stardust 135
11 'It's Because We F* * * * * * Love You' 147
12 Fairground Attractions 160
13 The Che Must Go On 176
14 Back on the Bike 182
15 My Life as an International Drug Smuggler 191
16 The World is My Lobster 206
17 It's Up to You, New York 213
18 What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailboat? 220
19 Two Heads are Better Than One 232
20 A Lot of Work for Charydee 243
21 It's Always About the Family 255
22 Was That My Life? 268
23 Old Big 'Ead Takes a Rest 275
24 The Tinker Comes to Town 285
25 You Can Put the Boy into the East End… 293
Index 305
