For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.
Born in London in 1977, Mark Forsyth (a.k.a The Inky Fool) was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. His book The Etymologicon was a Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and his TED Talk 'What's a snollygoster?' has had more than half a million views. He has also written a specially commissioned essay 'The Unknown Unknown' for Independent Booksellers Week and the introduction for the new edition of the Collins English Dictionary. He lives in London with his dictionaries, and blogs at blog.inkyfool.com.
Witty and revelatory. Blooming brilliant
*Raymond Briggs*
Everything we ever thought about Christmas is wrong! Great
stuff
*Matthew Parris*
Mark imparts knowledge about Christmas traditions from the
essential to the (very) abstruse in wry and sardonic style. An
effortless and enjoyable way to learn more about this fulcrum of
our calendar
*Paul Smiddy, Former Head of pan-European retail research,
HSBC*
Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also
writes beautifully
*Guardian*
This year's must-have stocking filler ... the essential addition to
the library in the smallest room is Mark Forsyth's The
Etymologicon.
*Guardian*
With his casual elegance and melodious voice, Mark Forsyth has an
anachronistic charm totally at odds with the 21st century (The
Horologicon)
*Sunday Times South Africa*
[The Etymologicon is] a perfect bit of stocking filler for the
bookish member of the family, or just a cracking
all-year-round-read. Highly recommended.
*The Spectator*
As good as promised - could have been thrice as long
*Ben Schott, on 'The Elements of Eloquence'*
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