For those who like to seat the small stuff

Books

...by Mark Mason

The Book of Seconds

The Book of Seconds

The Incredible Stories of the Ones that Didn’t (Quite) Win

Question Time

Question Time

A Journey Round Britain's Quizzes

Mail Obsession

Mail Obsession

A Journey Round Britain By Postcode

Move Along Please

Move Along Please

Land's End to John O'Groats by local bus

Walk The Lines

Walk The Lines

The London Underground Overground

The Importance of Being Trivial

The Importance of Being Trivial

The book that gave this site its name

The Bluffer's Guide to Bond

The Bluffer's Guide to Bond

Packed with Bond trivia

The Bluffer's Guide to Football

The Bluffer's Guide to Football

Packed with football trivia

The C Words

The C Words

Commitment, coupledom, children...

The Catch

The Catch

One man, one woman, one problem ...

What Men Think About Sex

What Men Think About Sex

The race is on...

...by Charlie Croker (my alter ego - see ‘Lost in Translation' for the explanation)

Terms of Employment

Terms of Employment

The secret lingo of the workplace

I Didn't Get Where I Am

I Didn't Get Where I Am

How the rich and famous achieved their success

8 out of 10 Brits

8 out of 10 Brits

Intriguing statistics about the world's 79th largest nation

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

Misadventures in English abroad

Still Lost in Translation

Still Lost in Translation

More misadventures in English abroad

Utterly Lost in Translation

Utterly Lost in Translation

Even more misadventures in English abroad

As a matter of fact...

Latest blog posts

Fighting on the beaches

World Cup squads and the Birthday Paradox

Lennon and McCartney - the 60th anniversary

Whistling at the Burlington Arcade

Craze for the Krays

Never in the field of human trivia ...

Who was Mr Lidl?

Content

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower grows by 7 inches in summer. Again, a lovely way of bringing to life what could be a very dull statement in a physics lesson. (In this case - metals expand when they are heated.)