An Utterly Impartial History Of Britain - John O'Farrell

An Utterly Impartial History of Britain Learning things is fun. Well, that’s what I tell my daughter now that she’s started school anyway. But it is true, increasing the sum of your knowledge is enriching and empowering and for this reason I like to mix up some educational non fiction on my daily commute amongst the normal run of pot boilers and pulp fiction. Now, as much as I like to learn things I don’t really want to have to think too hard if ...
...means they are written with an eye to the humour as much as the subject matter. So it was that this book caught my eye in Borders when I was spending some book tokens given to me by former colleagues last Christmas. I’m not that familiar with the writer; John O’Farrell, I believe he writes for the Guardian and has been a comedy writer for some years but I haven’t knowingly read or seen his work in the past. I had seen him on various ‘Have I Got ...

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