# Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

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- Book: [Things Ain’t What They Used To Be](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-glenister/things-aint-what-they-used-to-be) ([Things Ain’t What They Used To Be.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-glenister/things-aint-what-they-used-to-be.md))
- Authors: [Philip Glenister](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-glenister)
- Publisher: little_brown_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-0550-557-4
- Published: 2008-11-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

As DCI Gene Hunt, Philip Glenister has travelled back in time to 1974 and 1981 - and become a national treasure in the process. Now, in his hilarious and fascinating book, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, he takes the reader on a hilarious, personal journey through the 70s and 80s and compares them with how we live today. Was it really all so much better then? Or should we throw away our rose-tinted spectacles? Along the way Philip ponders many vital questions, such as: which decade had the best cars? Which had the worst haircuts? And exactly how heavy were the original 'mobile' phones? Already one of our best-loved stars, in THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE Philip Glenister also reveals himself to be a witty, warm and perceptive observer of life. If you're going on a nostalgia trip, you couldn't ask for better company.