Two at a Time

Two at a time is a theme that echoes throughout this story of a fulfilling and diverse life which takes us from the authors birth and eucation at Eton, through his military and business career, sll the while offering an engaging insight into his family life. We learn of his upbringing at Eton, where his father was a respected master and where fun and laughter were never absent for long. He tells how his love of country pursuits was established through his father and how that love has remained with him throughout his life. He describes the transition from sheltered schoolboy to Sandhurst recruit with candid humour. Thereafter, how his commission into the Coldstream Guards, based at Windsor, included high profile duties from the Trooping the Colour to the Bank of England Guard. David Nicksons foray into the business world began with a management trainee position st Collins the publishers in Glasgow, again as a fish out of water. He tells of the Dickensian conditions that were still prevalent in those post war years and of the colourful characters he encountered in his thirty year career there. We discover how his success ot Collins led to further appointments both in the public and private sector. Concluding with the well researched history of hie antecedents and those of his wife, Two At A Time is an entertaining and thoroughly readable memoir which strikes an ideal balance between personal and professional life.