He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society.
His new book The Body: A Guide for Occupants is an extraordinary exploration of the human body which will have you marvelling at the form you occupy.Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005-2011. Production Notes from a Small Island: Bill Bryson’s bestseller travels to the stage A theatrical adaptation of the beloved 1995 book about the UK’s ‘public face and private parts’ is both an. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. From Calais to Scotland, Bill travels the length and breadth of Britain. Biography: Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. Bill Bryson’s smash-hit memoir journeys to the stage for the first time in this World premiere.He is the author of four books: Dear Bill Bryson, A Chip Shop in Poznan (a Times bestseller), The Gran Tour ('Both moving and hilarious', Spectator) and The Marmalade Diaries. Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage – updated and with a new preface for 2022 – is filled with wit, insight and humour.īen Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to 6ft then stopped, and is an Aquarius. In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero – literally – and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryson in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island. However, if this Covid-19 has given me anything, it’s a lot of time to read. Notes from a Small Island had been sitting on my bookshelf for several years, and I still hadn’t made the effort to pick it up. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review I’ve long been a fan of Bill Bryson after reading The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, but to be honest, I had never read his travel books. 'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero.
Dear Bill Bryson (Paperback) Footnotes from a Small Island Ben AitkenįROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE GRAN TOUR AND THE MARMALADE DIARIESĪn irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic.
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