I loathed Narnia as a kid, and loathed Lewis' "Cosmic Trilogy" even more as a teenager. I think I have an allegory allergy - or perhaps just an intolerance for apologetics.

Untold Stories is wonderful: you can hear Alan Bennett reading it all. It is however a very different book in tone to Writing Home - much of the first part of the book tells of some of the darker aspects of the Bennett family history and the account of his treatment for cancer is also rather sobering. There is, as always, much of the characteristic Bennett wit and economy with words, but the book leaves a slightly more sombre aftertaste.