Michael Palin’s Diaries

Michael Palin has published his dairies (1969-1979) but its only portentous aspect is the title (The Python Years). It contains lots of juicy descriptions of George Harrison and others, sports a very useful index, and includes choice entries such as this dated August 25th, 1977:
“A phone call from Tariq Ali, of all people, who wants me to write an appreciation of Groucho Marx, who died this week aged 86, for Socialist Challenge. Decline on the grounds that I don’t know enough about him, and suggest Ian Davidson. But Tariq doesn’t sound very interested — they’re really only after big names, these socialists…”