A reminder of Bill Bryson’s words on the RNLI and the incredible work that those who volunteer do… I prefer Bryson’s view over the odious Farage et al.

This is why I love Bill Bryson

The Grand Canyon

"What a wondrous place this was - crazy as f**k, of course, but adorable to the tiniest degree. What other country, after all, could possibly have come up with place names like Tooting Bec and Farleigh Wallop, or a game like cricket that goes on for three days and never seems to

Happy St George's Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 "The tearoom lady called me love. All the shop ladies called me love and most of the men called me mate. I hadn't been here twelve hours and already they loved me.” Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson has written a lot of insightful stuff in his long career but nothing comes close to this in terms of getting straight to the heart of the problem in ways that make us laugh and nod a bit sadly.

@Potuama 💀 Been reading #BillBryson’s #AShortHistoryOfNearlyEverything with Cormac, & the level of human-caused extinction is stunning…! 📊 Latest reports are that over a million species are currently at risk of extinction… 😢 Cormac was literally shocked…so why aren’t adults?!

Stair safety from Bill Bryson's At Home

Mama Bear ✝️🌷☕️ Bill Bryson knows. 🔬 ))ay( oueyPhD🚴‍ knows ⬆️

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Bill Bryson explains cricket to his American readers.

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I absolutely love how Bill Bryson nails the essence of #nonjudgment in cross-cultural #communication : "I’m not saying that these things are bad or boring or misguided, merely that their full value and appeal yet elude me." 🌍✨ #CulturalAwareness #OpenMinds Bill Bryson Quotes

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” ― Bill Bryson Thank you Kasese 🤩 Till again 🫶🇺🇬

GO GREEN "It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and it's worst nightmare simultaneously." - Bill Bryson

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I can here only echo that mixture of affection and exasperation for the English language so well captured in Bill Bryson's eminently readable The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way--a book that I look forward to handing to my kids in a few more years:

Both books came on the same day! Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman you are now in the company of Bill Bryson Quotes !

Anon Opin. "It tasted like something you might give a budgie to strengthen its beak" - Bill Bryson