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Haldenby, Andrew (2002). "Ben gave up a pension – but his trivial pursuit has become a serious success". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 31 December 2003 . Retrieved 20 April 2010. One minor issue I have with the series that was slightly more noticeable for me in this volume than the others is that sometimes I just don't know what is being talked about. For example, 'Legal Animus'. Maybe other people know what this is? Maybe British people? Maybe I'm just ignorant? But there were a few tidbits that I just understand like that one... Schott went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Social and Political Sciences. He took a double first in 1996. [1]

In November 2018 his first novel, a pastiche Jeeves book titled Jeeves and the King of Clubs, was published by Little, Brown, and Company. It was written in homage to Jeeves creator P. G. Wodehouse, with the blessing of the Wodehouse Estate. [7] Schott wrote a sequel titled Jeeves and the Leap of Faith that was published in 2020. [8] Journalism [ edit ] Grylls, David (24 October 2020). "Jeeves and the Leap of Faith by Ben Schott, review – a 'new' Wodehouse". The Times. But you know what? Maybe I'm just being a petty quibbler here (wouldn't be the first time). Because this is a book that also gives you: Schott publishes a bespoke Miscellany Diary with the society printers Smythson of Bond Street, and a desk-pad diary with Workman. Animal cries (apes gibber and magpies chatter, but did you know that mastodons bellow, or that bitterns boom?)

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McCrum, Robert (8 December 2002). "God bless you, Mr. Schott". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 20 April 2010. After Cambridge, Schott got a job at the London advertising agency J. Walter Thompson where he was an account manager on the Nestlé Rowntree account working on Smarties, Kit Kat and Polo. After only four months he resigned to become a freelance photographer. On my way to pitch this Christmas card idea to a large advertising agency (WPP), I was waylaid by an old friend (Martin) who persuaded me to turn the card into a book. Schott worked as a photographer from 1996 to 2003, specialising in portraits of politicians and celebrities. He was commissioned by a range of editorial and commercial clients, including The Independent, The Sunday Times, Sunday Business, Reader's Digest, and the Institute of Directors. A profile in The Times said "his subjects included John Prescott, who was rude, and Sir Roy Strong, who had "the most wonderful, doleful eyes" and told him: "You must realise I'm awfully photogenic." Tony Blair asked Schott if he would like to see then-baby Leo; Cherie barked at him not to take too long as they were about to have lunch." [2] His photographic portfolio is online. [3] Schott's Miscellanies [ edit ]

On the advice of another friend (Elinor), I sent one of these books to Nigel Newton, the head of Bloomsbury Publishing (the Harry Potter people). Nigel loved it, a contract was signed, and the book was in the shops just in time for Christmas 2002. Phrases of supererogation and stupidity (coals to Newcastle, owls to Athens, taking your samovar to Tula, ....)Schott's Original Miscellany was published with little fanfare in 2002, but after an article in the Guardian, in which the book was described as the "publishing sensation of the year", sales increased, and within weeks Schott's Original Miscellany was at No. 1. Robert McCrum said of the book in The Observer: "Originality is like charisma. It's hard to define, but we know it when we find it ... Schott's Original Miscellany is, without doubt, the oldest, and possibly merriest title you will come across in a long day's march through the shimmering desert of contemporary publishing". [6] Tintin and the foreign translators (I confess to a prior obsession with the different linguistic variations of "Dupont et Dupond"; it's all here) The idea for the first book originated in some cards that Schott made to send to friends, which contained booklets of what he considered vital but hard to find information. [4] Schott typeset the book himself and had 50 copies privately printed by the Pear Tree Press in Stevenage. After sending copies out to his friends, he sent one to the CEO of Bloomsbury, Nigel Newton. Newton told The Boston Globe, "I was completely bowled over when it arrived on my desk. It was a work of striking originality, and it was remarkable to receive an unsolicited submission like this in the mail. I immediately passed it to one of our editors, who signed it up." [5]

Ben Schott was born in North London, England, the son of a neurologist and a nurse. He has one brother, also now a neurologist. He went to school at University College School, Hampstead. For two years after the publication of the first Miscellany, Schott wrote a weekly miscellany column for The Daily Telegraph, and also produced special miscellany features on Christmas and the Olympics. For over a year he wrote a regular travel miscellany column for the UK edition of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. In 2005 and 2006 the Guardian featured special editions of G2 featuring extracts from Schott's Almanac. Ben Schott (born 26 May 1974) is a British writer, photographer, and author of the Schott's Miscellanies and Schott's Almanac series.And many more...those were just ones I noted down at the time, as particularly interesting or odd or good for inspiring a story (one of the reasons why I enjoy these books - they are very inspirational for me on a creative level) Jeffries, Stuart (6 November 2002). "The bare facts". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 20 April 2010.

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