The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton

On 12 November I went to a signing in Manchester Waterstones for The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, an art book written by Noel Fielding and compiled by Dave Brown.

From the get-go, this wasn't the type of book signing I'm accustomed to. Up at the crack of dawn (OK, 7am but that's early enough!) in order to get there in time to be guaranteed a place in line, I think I must have been one of the oldest people there who wasn't a chaperoning parent – and I'm not exactly ancient. This in...