‘Alan knows everything, knows everyone, and writes beautifully too.’
RICHARD OSMAN<\/b><\/p>\n
‘The man with the contents of the Oxford English Dictionary stored just above his left eyebrow ? and he’s quite funny too.’
RORY CELLAN-JONES<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A gorgeous, funny tour of the British Isles as seen from the clouds.’
KONNIE HUQ<\/b><\/p>\n
For fans of THE ETYMOLOGICON and VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS, a delightfully damp tour of the British Isles. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
Mizzle. Dreich. Raining knives and forks. A real mugga-fisty. A spot of plother…<\/i><\/p>\n
We Brits love talking about the weather. So much so that our islands have hundreds of words and phrases for rain, some self-explanatory and others that really leave us scratching our heads. From a light smirr in Aberdeen to a “it’s raining knives and forks!” in the Brecon Beacons, each type of rain tells a story about the people and places it falls on.<\/p>\n
In this delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, writer and puddle-splasher Alan Connor digs deep into the meaning and quirky histories of over one hundred words for precipitation. He gets caught in a plash in Northumberland, crashes a fox’s wedding in Devon and ponders the phenomenon of Brits-who-picnic-in-the-car, in this charming and witty celebration of our very British obsession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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