{"product_id":"9781785948541","title":"188 Words for Rain : A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces (an official BBC Weather book) by Alan Connor","description":"`Alan knows everything, knows everyone, and writes beautifully too.'RICHARD OSMAN`The man with the contents of the Oxford English Dictionary stored just above his left eyebrow . and he's quite funny too.'RORY CELLAN-JONES'A gorgeous, funny tour of the British Isles as seen from the clouds.'KONNIE HUQFor fans of THE ETYMOLOGICON and VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS, a delightfully damp tour of the British Isles. Mizzle. Dreich. Raining knives and forks. A real mugga-fisty. A spot of plother...   We Brits love talking about the weather. So much so that our islands have hundreds of words and phrases for rain, some self-explanatory and others that really leave us scratching our heads. From a light smirr in Aberdeen to a \"it's raining knives and forks!\" in the Brecon Beacons, each type of rain tells a story about the people and places it falls on.   In this delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, writer and puddle-splasher Alan Connor digs deep into the meaning and quirky histories of over one hundred words for precipitation. He gets caught in a plash in Northumberland, crashes a fox's wedding in Devon and ponders the phenomenon of Brits-who-picnic-in-the-car, in this charming and witty celebration of our very British obsession.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305579229557,"sku":"9781785948541","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781785948541.jpg?v=1762797854","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781785948541","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}