UK shoppers are predicted to spend an average of £544 each this Christmas. US shoppers will fork over $862 apiece. But why do we give gifts at Christmas, anyway? Contrary to what the naysayers would have you believe, presents at Christmas are NOT an invention of Toys ‘R’ Us. The…
This week we talk about a side effect to the largest home working experiment in human history, family businesses and a new wedding anniversary gift idea for lockdown. Enjoy.
The 23rd of April is none other than the original word nerd, William Shakespeare’s birthday. Thus, a day has been named in his honour. April 23rd is National Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Yes, it’s a real day. The horror. Shakespeare in his life invented more than 1,700 words, many by…
2019 is here and it’s time to look to the future and the year ahead. It’s a cliche but we often see the new year as a chance to get in the best shape of our lives. Every January thousands of us decide to join gyms. We buy all sorts…
Working on our books generally teaches us things that are more charmingly curious than massively helpful – from little-known creatures, to marathons that don’t require jogging, via taking inspiration from ants. But let’s face it, life in 2018 can be a pretty bewildering experience. So if you can pick up…
At The Book of Everyone we’re big fans of… well, books! We believe everyone deserves a personalised book with their name on it, and we’re on a mission to make it happen. When we aren’t busy making our books as good as they can possibly be, we’re reading books and…
When you’re part of a team that loves nothing more than throwing itself headfirst into celebrating the charming and the curious, you find yourself learning all sorts of weird and wonderful things. One thing I really love learning from our books is the number of weird and wonderful animals that…
What would you like to know about the future? The lottery numbers, how your favourite TV show ends, if we’ll ever meet aliens? Personally, I’m much more curious about little green men than lottery balls. But that’s just me. What about knowing how much longer you can expect to live…
What’s the capital of Djibouti? “Google it.“ How long did Henry Vlll live? “Alexa…” When was the first car invented? “No Siri, car not bra.” Nowadays, we’re all guilty of using our electronic devices to find out these answers in a split second. It doesn’t even cross our minds how…
