Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, veteran of Just A Minute,
QI and The One Show, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor
of the University of Chester and founder of the 'Poetry Together'
project bringing schoolchildren and older people together to learn
poetry by heart. His many books include the best-selling poetry
anthology, Dancing by the Light of the Moon, and the international
best-seller about spelling and punctuation, Have You Eaten Grandma?
With Susie Dent, the lexicographer from Countdown, he co-hosts the
award-winning podcast, Something Rhymes With Purple. With Dame
Sheila Hancock he presents Great Canal Journeys on Channel 4. With
Dame Maureen Lipman he is a regular on Celebrity Gogglebox.
Gyles is married to writer and publisher Mich le Brown and has
three children, seven grandchildren, and lives in London with his
wife, his jumpers, and Nala, the neighbour's cat.
Hilarious, ribald, eye-popping, unforgettable, will make you laugh
out loud
*Daily Mail*
A whirlwind of witticisms and of funny tales, both short and tall .
. . 'I feel I have lived my life in a magic garden where the sun is
always shining' he writes, and in Odd Boy Out he offers us yet
another glimpse of that bright, shining sun
*Mail on Sunday*
Warm, witty, charming. A moving and very affectionate family
history. An enthusiast for life
*The Times*
A fabulous raconteur with a great many tricks up his sleeve. His
infectious zest for life means he has a story for almost every
well-known person you can think of
*Daily Telegraph*
A magnificent raconteur. A witty account of a most unusual life
*Independent*
Brilliant pen portraits of his father and myriad friends present a
framework for Gyles's contemplation of his extraordinary life.
Light-hearted and dark events alike are described with his
customary deceptively jaunty style, making them funny, moving, and
sometimes deeply shocking
*Sheila Hancock*
Staggeringly brilliant, funny and touching, I loved it
*Joanna Lumley*
A hilarious and revealing account of growing up and coming of age
in an apparently well-to-do but always strapped-for-cash
middle-class English family
*Eastern Daily Press*
Brandreth has been an expert cheerer-upper for more than 60 years .
. . Ebullient. Full of fun, famous names and sparkling facts
*Daily Mail*
He's cheery, fun and has a fabulous grasp of the English language,
so Gyles Brandreth's autobiography makes for a scintillating read.
His hilarious - and sometimes moving - account of his life from
early childhood days through to the adult world of politics and
television is candid. It is also a story around his everyday family
life, and about happiness, ambition and love. It offers a
fascinating insight into a portrait of Britain, too
*People’s Friend Magazine*
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