Someone has sent me an email asking what my favourite book is and which book I’d take to a desert island.

Unfortunately over the past few years I have had very little time to read as much as I would like to apart from my sporting heroes' biographies. However, there is an excellent book called Threads of Life by Flora McDonnell that I would highly recommend to anyone who is suffering from depression or knows someone who is suffering from depression or who is simply looking for some inspiration in life. It is the kind of book that I needed when I was ill.

Although I did contribute a chapter the most inspiring are the thoughts of those from the more normal side of life. A truly great book.

EDIT: As kindly pointed out the above book is in fact Threads of Hope.