An evening with Danny Scott - The Undisputed King of Selston

Join us in listening to Danny talk about his latest book - The Undisputed King of Selston and having the oportunity to ask questions and get your book signed.
The Undisputed King of Selston is a funny, poignant memoir, alive to the unheralded beauty and camaraderie of a village which finds itself on the wrong side of history.
Whileset in the small mining town of Selston in the 70s and 80s, I believe anyone who grew up in an industrial, working class area (Doncaster for me!), will recognise characters like Danny Scott's dad, a quiet but resilient man; The Texan, a bloke who thought he was anywhere but the East Midlands; feisty women like Danny's mother whose right-hook was to be feared more than her fondness for house fires; and of course the village itself - the Tin Hat could be any working men's club across the country taking Bingo night far too seriously.
All of it is captured so beautifully in Danny's writing, both with fondness and a sense of claustrophobia that's all too familiar for anyone who has grown up in and had ambitions of leaving their own small town.
Danny Scott ultimately left Selston and had various jobs as an apprentice engineer, counter (industrial) espionage, private investigator, painter and decorator, before finally becoming a journalist where he interviews the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Mikhail Gorbachev, Usain Bold and Dave Hill from Slade.
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