Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness

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Luckily I've spanned the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 reading this, thus making it a great read for BOTH years. Funny and insightful, and positively crackling with energy, knowledge and wit, this beautiful paperback will delight Bailey's fans, birds as well as those who fancy a bit of armchair escapism. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). uk/landing-page/quercus/quercus-company-information/">The data controller is Quercus Editions Ltd. A recording of a performance in Swansea was released on DVD the same year, and the show was broadcast on Channel 4 that Christmas.

His father was an NHS general practitioner "who ran a little surgery in the front of the house", and his mother a hospital ward nurse.In February 2007, Bailey appeared twice with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Anne Dudley in a show entitled Cosmic Shindig. In 2009, Bailey presented a project about the explorer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, in the form of an Indonesian travelogue. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather, who was a stonemason and builder.

He is also a prominent advocate of men's issues, most notably raising awareness of prostate cancer and the Men United campaign.In November 2009 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3. He is perhaps most well known for his live shows, including Larks in Transit, Qualmpeddler, Limboland, and The Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra. Up Next 2023: Sky's unscripted slate blossoms with 12 new Sky Original commissions across Factual and Arts".

The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. In this beautiful and uplifting audiobook, Bill Bailey explores all this and more while delving into the nature of happiness, all in his own, remarkable, way.It marked the first time that Bailey had been able to tie together his music and post-modern gags with the whimsical rambling style he is now known for. In 2015, he endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election, saying, "Corbyn's nomination showed there is a kind of craving for a bit of honest speaking, a bit of principled plain speaking. In June 2014, The Music House for Children announced Bailey would become their patron alongside Sophie Ellis-Bextor in celebration of their 20th anniversary.

I accept them as belated wishes for my actual birthday which is in January, the 13th and it was in'65 so papers all wrong . During this time he also left his position as "curator" of the Museum of Curiosity, and declared his intention to "retire" from panel games, although he has since appeared on QI many more times and hosted Have I Got News For You.I had a smile on my face throughout reading it, and even if that is all it brings me, at least it would be something I could list on my own guide to happiness one day. Alongside music and stand-up, one of Bailey’s favourite pastimes is birdwatching, which he has been doing since he was a child in the West Country. First Look Image: Bill Bailey, 'Bridgerton's' Adjoa Andoh in Julia Donaldson's 'The Smeds and The Smoos' ". Bailey lives in the Hammersmith area of London with his wife Kristin, whom he married in 1998, on a whim, in Indonesia. He is known for his role in Black Books, as well as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.