
Very British Problems: The Most Awkward One Yet
Rob Temple(Author)
Sphere (Publisher)
Published on 15. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7515-7471-5 (ISBN)
Description
Have you ever . . .
*Watched in horror as someone helps themselves to the last roast potato?
*Broken out in hives at the suggestion that you 'Introduce yourself...' over Zoom?
*Been extra dramatic while rubbing in the shop's hand sanitiser, so everyone knows how thoroughly decent you are?
. . . then you may be suffering from VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS
Very British Problems are sweeping the nation like never before. They are in our homes, in our Zoom calls, in the queue for the supermarket, in our schools, cafes, parks, rivers, cities, towns, villages, glove boxes, sock drawers . . Basically, they're inescapable. There is no vaccine. There is no cure. So there we have it, we're stuck with the malady of Britishness for the foreseeable. Nightmare, isn't it?
Ah, well. Could be worse.
Not quite sure how, though, off the top of my head. Any thoughts?
PRAISE for VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS
'Hilarious' Daily Express
'Temple pays affectionate and comic homage to the sheer quirkiness of being British' Good Book Guide
'A corking Christmas stocking filler' Weekend Sport
'Had us guffawing into our Earl Grey tea' Bella
*Watched in horror as someone helps themselves to the last roast potato?
*Broken out in hives at the suggestion that you 'Introduce yourself...' over Zoom?
*Been extra dramatic while rubbing in the shop's hand sanitiser, so everyone knows how thoroughly decent you are?
. . . then you may be suffering from VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS
Very British Problems are sweeping the nation like never before. They are in our homes, in our Zoom calls, in the queue for the supermarket, in our schools, cafes, parks, rivers, cities, towns, villages, glove boxes, sock drawers . . Basically, they're inescapable. There is no vaccine. There is no cure. So there we have it, we're stuck with the malady of Britishness for the foreseeable. Nightmare, isn't it?
Ah, well. Could be worse.
Not quite sure how, though, off the top of my head. Any thoughts?
PRAISE for VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS
'Hilarious' Daily Express
'Temple pays affectionate and comic homage to the sheer quirkiness of being British' Good Book Guide
'A corking Christmas stocking filler' Weekend Sport
'Had us guffawing into our Earl Grey tea' Bella
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 7 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
241 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-7471-5 (9780751574715)
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E-Book
10/2019
Sphere
€3.99
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Rob Temple is a journalist and founder of the Very British Problems Twitter, Instagram and TikTok accounts, which together have 5 million followers. Originally from Peterborough, he moved from south London to the countryside to provide more storage space for his rapidly expanding collection of inedible hot sauces and to be alone with his thought(s).