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And Finally... : Weird and Wonderful Stories Told at the End of the News

And Finally... : Weird and Wonderful Stories Told at the End of the News

Weird and Wonderful Stories Told at the End of the News

by Ryan Herman
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/03/2025

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And Finally... is the injection of cheer we all need in these rather depressing times. This heart-warming book takes a look at the very best '...and finally' segments of the news - those funny, silly and often eccentric stories the newsreaders save until the end of the programme, to leave on a high note.

"Will most definitely add to the festive cheer ... a marvellous little feel-good book that makes a charming gift" - Platinum Magazine



Author and journalist Ryan Herman has selected the finest moments of serendipity, the astounding acts of kindness and generosity, the outrageous ideas come to life and the downright silly happenings and brought them together in this book.



The tales range from the drunken mice causing havoc but ultimately endearing themselves to the workers at a sherry distillery in Spain; the bride-to-be and huge Swiftie who invited Taylor Swift to her wedding and got the surprise of her lifetime when Taylor flew to Ohio to attend her bridal shower; the owner of a riding school for disabled children who raised tens of thousands of pounds after Lucian Freud popped into one of her amateur horse-sketching classes and left his drawing behind, and Stephanie, the child refugee who founded a female-run software company in 1960s Britain, who was routinely faced with sexism when selling her products. When she posed as 'Steve' when writing to software companies her business suddenly took off and when she later sold her business, she made 70 of her employees millionaires.



This is a feel-good book for dark times - packed with uplifting human interest stories, people (and a few animals) doing extraordinary things, idiosyncratic slices of life and simple fun tales. There is a quote in the book from filmmaker Ali Catterall that sums it up best of all. He says, "I think we need stories that shake us out of our complacency [...] You can find magic in a dustbin. It depends where and how you look."
ISBN:
9780008648008
9780008648008
Category:
Publishing industry & book trade
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
14-03-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pavilion Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
204.77x134.92x22.23mm
Weight:
0.28kg
Ryan Herman

The first football ground that Ryan Herman visited was Upton Park on Saturday, April 27, 1978, when Liverpool beat West Ham 2-0. His first published article appeared in the launch issue of FourFourTwo magazine in 1994.

Around the same time, he started his first full-time job as a sports reporter, ticking off new grounds every other week as he travelled the country covering Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers.

He has written for a broad range of titles including The Rugby Journal, SportBusiness, as well as GQ where he wrote about his experiences at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. He is currently a regular contributor for The New European newspaper covering sport and social issues.

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