Alex James writing second autobiography

Alex James has announced that he is writing a second autobiography on the subject of farming.

The Blur bassist revealed that the book will resemble an A Year in Provence-style memoir and be a sequel to A Bit of Blur, his account of his life as a musician.

He told The Mirror: "I'm trying very hard to write a book - I'm just finishing it so I'm going into my bunker and emerge in the spring. It's like [an] A Year in Provence-type thing - only cheesier."

The 41-year-old farmer added: "If you're thinking about it, just do it - I love my life in the country. It's funny, I never want to leave now.

"I thought I was retiring, but I've never been so busy. It's very absorbing, living in the country, it has very different rhythms to city life which you sort of grow into. It is very different to the city but the more you stay here, the more it grows on you. It's subtle but it's powerful."