Norman Dabell has been a successful journalist, broadcaster and author for nearly 40 years but this is the story of his life before a pen and ink. Plum Jam and Pot Mess were two of Norman's favourite delicacies and they aptly sum him up. As a youngster he was often in a jam; when he served in the Royal Navy, he was nearly always in a mess. This is an hilarious and nostalgic look from the '40s to the '70s through the eyes of a real-life Adrian Mole who became a Jonah.