A Tesco on every corner, Boden catalogues piled through the
letterbox, and Center Parcs holidays - Britain has been overrun by
all-pervasive corporate sameness. Or has it? Ben le Vay - expert on
all things eccentric - reveals the quirky gems hidden near your
home: hotter than the spice girls everywhere, Norfolk's fascinating
Mustard Museum; Devon's Gnome Reserve, home to over 1,000 of
Britain's beloved garden characters; or the fourth Earl of
Dunmore's eccentric home, The Pineapple. Encompassing eccentric
pastimes, aristocrats and bizarre last wishes, Ben le Vay's
Eccentric Britain is both a humorous and entertaining read, as well
as practical guide to some of Britain's most peculiar and
unexpected monuments, gardens and museums. Benedict le Vay is a
features editor on a leading British newspaper. He spends his spare
time researching zany facts about the British and their way of
life. He is also the author of Bradt's Eccentric London and Britain
from the Rails.
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