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“one of the most disturbing books I’ve ever read - Tarquin Mandlebrot
Available soon as an audiobook
“Very funny and very disturbing, one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read - Arnold Pisstanga
Listen to the British rock band ‘Spunkjelly’ perform their
song honouring Arthur’s news adventures
Join investigative journalist Arthur Teacake on his
ambitious twelve-month news gathering journey
around the UK, as he uncovers some of the weirdest
news stories this country has to offer.
Here is just a small selection of the weird and
wonderful news articles covered in his tell-all book -
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A drive-by felching incident in Essex, that shocks
a small seaside town.
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An effluent enthusiast.
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A man with a unhealthy interest in cars.
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An amateur space rocket fanatic.
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A mad farmer experimenting on his animals.
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A man born as just a head.
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A zoo keeper who gives birth to a human-chimp
hybrid baby.
Plus many more strange stories.
My name is Arthur Teacake, investigative
journalist.
For over twenty-five years I have travelled the
length and breadth of the UK in search for weird
and wonderful news stories that other journalists,
have either no interest in writing about, or are too
scared to cover.
In this time, I have come to realise that the
British public are certainly, a very strange bunch
indeed - a fact that you will soon come to realise
when you have finished reading about my first
year on the road in my tell-all book.
“one of the most disturbing books I’ve ever read - Tarquin Mandlebrot
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The Autobiography of Henry Snuffington-Smith.
Henry Snuffington-Smith is a man of considerable land and
little fortune; a paradox wrapped in the velvet gloves of
upper-class society.
Born into a lineage of sprawling estates and ancestral
wealth, Henry finds himself land rich but cash poor, a
predicament that shapes every facet of his existence.
Despite the grandeur that surrounds him, his pockets
remain perpetually empty, prompting a relentless pursuit of
financial salvation.
Time and again, Henry devises schemes and ventures,
each brimming with hope and ambition, only to see them
unravel into spectacular disasters. This is the story of a
man caught between heritage and hardship, whose earnest
endeavours to secure his fortune reveal the resilience of
the human spirit.
This is the chronicle of those attempts: a poignant portrait
of ambition, delusion, and the stubborn refusal to accept
one's circumstances. It is a story of a man caught between
two worlds—too proud to admit defeat, too resourceful to
surrender, and too unlucky to ever quite succeed. Welcome
to the bewildering, bankrupting life of Henry Snuffington-
Smith.
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WEIRD UK- NEWS STORIES FROM MY LIFE ON THE ROAD
In the quiet corners of Britain, where the mundane meets the
mysterious, a newly qualified journalist named Arthur Teacake
embarks on a journey unlike any other.
Armed with a notebook, a pen, and an unshakable curiosity,
Arthur sets out to uncover the weird and wonderful stories
that lurk just beneath the surface of everyday life.
His trusty companion, a well-worn Morris Marina car, its
engine humming with stories of its own, and an old, battered
caravan hitched to its rear—a mobile home for a man on a
mission.
This book chronicles his adventures as he uncovers a tapestry
of weird and strange news stories scattered across the length
and breadth of the UK.
WEIRD UK- NEWS STORIES FROM MY LIFE ON THE ROAD
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