Taking the Piss
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a potted history of pee
A01=Adam Hart-Davis
A01=Emily Troscianko
anecdotes
animal studies
Author_Adam Hart-Davis
Author_Emily Troscianko
bbc radio 4
Category=PDZ
Category=WH
cultural superstitions
disposal of urine
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eq_humour
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_science
going to the toilet
history of urine
humour
london
marilyn monroe
peeing
taking the piss out of london
tales
urinating
uses of urine
victorians
weeing
Product details
- ISBN 9781845883515
- Weight: 260g
- Dimensions: 124 x 168mm
- Publication Date: 10 Oct 2006
- Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Broadcast as an award winning radio-programme on BBC Radio 4 under the title of Taking the Piss out of London, this work contains anecdotes and tales, from Marilyn Monroe to the Victorians, together with some discoveries about an area with which we are familiar.
Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance photographer, writer and broadcaster. Educated at Eton College and Oxford and York universities, he worked in publishing and television production before becoming a presenter. He is best known for his television series Local Heroes, What the Stuarts Did For Us, What the Tudors Did For Us, What the Victorians Did For Us and What the Romans Did For Us. He has twelve honorary doctorates in addition to the DPhil that he earned in organometallic chemistry and is an honorary member of the British Toilet Association.
