Reviews

Spain Magazine – July 2006 While most holidaymakers and settlers head for the costas, short trippers and culture vultures flock in increasing numbers to the cities, and thirst for books about these is on the rise. The subtitle of Parfitt’s tome, An Englishman’s Adventures in Madrid, makes you fear the worst. But it is the…

 OK! Magazine – 25 July 2006 In the late 80s, Tim Parfitt worked for publishers Condé Nast when he was asked to head over to Madrid for a six-week stint to help launch the Spanish Vogue. But six weeks became nine years, and helping out turned into running the company. Tim has a pretty vivid…

The Daily Mirror – 21 July 2006 Discomfort was not something Tim Parfitt ever had to endure during his 10-year stay in Madrid. A Load of Bull is more a love letter to the city than a guide, and entertainingly charts an ex-pat’s experience of the glamorous side of the city. As an employee of…

The Sunday Times – 23 July 2006 ‘Looking for action’ – review by Anthony Sattin. Tim Parfitt’s A Load of Bull is presented as “an Englishman’s adventures in Madrid”, but he is no ordinary Englishman. Or rather, he has his ordinary side and, like most young men alone in the capital, he drinks too much,…

The Daily Express – 7 July 2006 “Taking magazines, Madrileños and bulls by the horn” by Peter Burton.<  Aged 18, Tim Parfitt strolled into the London offices of magazine publishers Condé Nast (Vogue, Tatler, House & Garden) and asked for a job. His cheek won over the personnel director and he was employed. Evidently he proved a success. Almost…

In Madrid Magazine – July 2006 Billed as more driving over San Miguel than Driving Over Lemons, less Duende than Donde?, this book tells the story of Tim Parfitt, who, in the early 80s blagged his way into what was supposed to be a six-week job at Condé Nast in Madrid to help launch Spanish…