The World According To The Man In The Pub 2

by Robert Anwood

Did Ernie wise really make the first mobile phone call in he UK? Did Isaac Newton invent the cat flap? Is a Smurf really three apples tall??

Pub Facts are improbable, bizarre and yet somehow convincing claims that are often wheeled out by armchair scientists, amateur lawyers and pub historians.

They'll tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, that you can get tonsillitis even if you have had your tonsils removed; that it's illegal to drive in bare feet, and that Attila the Hun died from a nosebleed. But is it fact or fabrication??

The World According to the Man in the Pub 2 will help you stride up confidently through the treacherous trivia minefield, while providing definitive answers to life's most pressing concerns.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Back in the late 2000s I wrote a couple of books about pub facts. Then I went rather quiet, as I ended up starting a business which took up most of my time for the following decade-and-a-bit. I have now moved on from that, and am back into the whole writing thing, with a new book due for publication in October 2023.

I am also the keyboard player for Jody and the Jerms. We formed at the end of 2019 and have since written and recorded plenty of indie rock/pop/however-you-want-to-categorise-it. We’ve released three albums so far, and we perform live frequently.