Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the U.K.

by Nick Brownlee, Sanctuary Publishing

How did Big Ben get its name? Why do 51 percent of Brits sleep naked? Was the Queen really sending emails in the 1970s? And just how do you make the perfect cup of tea?

Packed with inane anecdotes and useless trivia, Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the UK is a compilation of weird and intriguing facts concerning all things British and the ultimate guide to understanding the minutiae of life in the Mother Country.

Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, History, Humor

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Patrí · Rating 3 out of 5]

I constantly go to a forum where majority of the users are from the USA, but the loudest are the users from the British Isles. Personally, I like British humour. There's something very depressing, yet laughable, about their jokes...or banter as they love to call it. British loves banter. Or at least the football lads. It's entertaining to read British people banter each other.

This book is not for one seating. It is best enjoyed when sipping a cup of tea on a gloomy afternoon. Aha! It has entertaining facts about UK. There are also interesting facts, and scary ones. If you want to write a letter to Her Majesty the Queen, this book can tell you how to write a proper letter. Of course with the internet you can just search away any facts, but this book is good compilation nonetheless.

[Victoria · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is quite funny in parts and some interesting facts. Not really for reading from front to back but nice to dip into.