Book Announcement!!!!

In January 2023 I set myself the challenge of posting a Fun London Fact on social media for each day of the year. I began the year with something like 400 followers on Instagram and ended the year with 170,000. It’s not about follower numbers obviously, but the point is that when I started, it was as much for my own benefit as anything else (having pretty much lost all of my business due to Covid). I hadn’t anticipated the videos becoming as popular as they did. 
 
Over the last couple of years, when I meet people on my London walking tours aside from saying to each other ‘He’s got the same voice!’, I have often been asked ‘Why don’t you put all these in to a book?’ or ‘When’s the book coming out?’. Some people assumed I already had one. 
 
Well, I can finally reveal, there is a book coming out this year in September (2025) entitled ‘Why is Downing Street Painted Black (and 364 other Fun London Facts)’. It’s a pretty catchy title and will be published by Mudlark, an Imprint of Harper Collins packed full of not only Fun London Facts (quite a few are new ones) but wonderfully illustrated by Ollie Mann. 
 
It would seem that ‘pre-ordering’ is a super important part of the publishing process, as it gives book retailers an idea of whether or not they should even stock a particular book themselves. Therefore, if you would like to pre-order it, then my first suggestion would be to go to your local bookshop and ask them. If you don’t have a book shop near you, then …

YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT HERE!

Also, I’d like to thank my agent Charlie Viney who steered me through the first part of the process and Imogen Gordon Clark, my editor at Harper Collins who has very ably helped me through the writing and editing process.

I hope you enjoy reading it and with a bit of luck, it might spark your enthusiasm and fascination with this weird and wonderful city.