My Sunday Best: 101 Curious Contemplations on Modern Life - The Telegraph

by Oliver Pritchett, Matthew Pritchett (Illustrator)

A witty compendium of musings on modern life from two of Britain's best-loved Oliver and Matt Pritchett.  Ever unafraid to tackle the great matters of the day - and even more at home in the company of the apparently trivial - he might lament the lost art of how to end a tedious phone conversation, report on his investigations into the world's 'superfruits', or answer such a pressing question as, How does one spot a Bank Holiday? Why do we clap at things that don't need applause? or, What is the correct protocol should Prince William land a helicopter in one's garden? Anthologised for the first time, and illustrated by his son Matt's brilliantly witty cartoons, Oliver's writings reflect upon just how quaint, odd and beautifully absurd life is.   So we invite you to sit back and enjoy this whimsical and comical collection of curious contemplations, which quite simply, well, 'Just occured to me...'

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 16, 2014

About the author

Oliver Pritchett is a columnist for The Daily Telegraph. His son is Matt Pritchett and his father is Sir Victor Pritchett.

Reviews

[Elise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute ish, but just not my sense of humor.

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a humourous and entertaining book. Oliver Pritchett writes a column in the Sunday Telegraph and this book contains 101 examples of his articles, each just 2-3 pages long and some of them illustrated by the well known cartoonist, Matt, who also happens to be Oliver's son. Oliver's style of humour is observational - he usually starts by commenting on some aspect of modern life and then goes off at a tangent often progressing to the absurd, yet still sticking to his theme. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea but it appealed to me and it's a good book to dip into when you have a few spare minutes.