- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Summersdale (6 Sep 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1849530696
- ISBN-13: 978-1849530699
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.8 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 434,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Featured in The Mail on Sunday, 12th September 2010. --The Mail on Sunday, 12th September 2010.
`offers readers unrestricted access to a collection of truly unique encounters....'
--St Christopher's Inns Live Your Life e-zine, October 2010.
'Anna Nicholas recounts her adventures judging records around the world' --Choice Magazine - Christmas Gift Idea, December 2010
The Guiness Book of World Records has long been a festive favourite... Nicholas recounts adventures judging records around the world
--Choice Magazine - Christmas Gift Idea, December 2010
`offers readers unrestricted access to a collection of truly unique encounters....'
--St Christopher's Inns Live Your Life e-zine, October 2010.
'Anna Nicholas recounts her adventures judging records around the world' --Choice Magazine - Christmas Gift Idea, December 2010
The Guiness Book of World Records has long been a festive favourite... Nicholas recounts adventures judging records around the world
--Choice Magazine - Christmas Gift Idea, December 2010
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In this achingly funny and irreverent memoir, Anna Nicholas recounts her adventures judging records around the world with The Guinness Book of Records founder, Norris McWhirter, CBE. Nicknamed Batman and Robin, they travelled the UK and beyond together meeting eccentric, weird and wonderful record breakers. Adjudicating Richard Branson’s circumnavigation of the globe in a hot air balloon, the world’s highest tower of bread, the longest conga line and the cramming of the most people ever on deckchairs onto Weymouth beach was all in a day’s work for this dynamic duo. And, of course, things didn’t always go exactly according to plan… Anna Nicholas has contributed to titles including the Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Telegraph Expat, The Independent and Express. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and once organised an expedition with explorer Colonel John Blashford- Snell to carry a grand piano to a remote Amerindian tribe.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
And yet another fab book by Anna,
By Bradders "Bradders" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Strictly Off the Record: On the Trail of World Records with Norris McWhirter (Hardcover)
I have LOVED reading Anna's books about life in Mallorca and Mayfair. But I was not sure if I would enjoy a book about a book?! Hmmm! But this latest offering from Anna is just as absorbing, just as engaging, and just as much fun as the others. Her lovely, lively and often self deprecating ways of a very energetic, exotic and gruelling career can come across as bundles of fun, but reading between the lines it must have been pure exhaustion.To deal with these strange, wacky and (quite frankly) weird individuals could have been presented as a chore, but in this book I felt as if I was there with Anna laughing at and with these amazing people. The other great aspect of the book is that when you think back you actually remember many of these events taking place, and many of the strange characters who made the Guinness Book of World Records the success that it has been over the years. It's a bit like reading back over your personal diary, but it's not mine it's Anna's. Well done Anna - yet another fabulous book to add to my collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A hugely enjoyable chance to share in some happy memories,
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This review is from: Strictly Off the Record: On the Trail of World Records with Norris McWhirter (Hardcover)
As a petulant teenager growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, I always found the Guinness Book of Records a slightly unappealing and heavyweight tome, perhaps because it so closely resembled the fact-filled and boring school text books I loathed so much.However, after reading "Strictly off the Record", it is clear that life behind the scenes for the Guinness team was anything but boring. Once again, Anna Nicholas has used her exceptional writing talent to great effect, bringing all the record breaking characters and office colleagues to life in a way that makes for a highly entertaining and compelling read. From the many episodes Anna describes in affectionate tribute to Norris McWhirter, it is clear that he was the brilliant backbone of the Book of Records, the glue that held the rest of the team together, always ready with some wise words when calm needed to be restored. There are some noteworthy encounters with celebrity and public figures too, not least with the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who Anna reveals had a warm and softer side to her character, in contrast to the "Iron Lady" public persona so often portrayed in the media. Anna also describes some of the high-pressure situations she herself faced as a Guinness adjudicator. Perhaps most crucially when armed with only a few facts relayed by telephone, she alone had to decide whether Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand had achieved their goal of setting a new record for crossing the Atlantic by hot air balloon, in the face of conflicting opinions and glaring publicity from the world's press. Above all, "Strictly off the Record" is testament to the high value of loyal and lasting friendship, and proof that life in an office dealing with facts and figures doesn't necessarily have to be dull and boring!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A delightful surprise,
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This review is from: Strictly Off the Record: On the Trail of World Records with Norris McWhirter (Hardcover)
Not really my sort of book but I was given a copy and I started to read,...and once I started I simply could not put it down. The Guiness book of Records has a world renown but I had never given much thought as to how these records were accredited and, I had certainly not thought about some of the weird situations and the strange backgrounds which acted as a back cloth to the record breaking events.This is a fascinating book and has some wonderful characters and some great travelling. Best of all is the addiction that Norris McWhirter has for chocolate. When in foreign lands where the food can sometimes be a bit dodgy, eat chocolate, that will never make you ill. Wonderful. A thoroughly recommended read
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