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Scenes from a Strange Age
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‘Our funniest, sharpest writer on the great British unravelling’ Jon Ronson A wildly funny collection from Britain's favourite columnist. Welcome to the dystopian soap opera of modern times. Travel to space with Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry, let the waters close over you as Bear Grylls...
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Experience the magic of Donald Trump's cavalcade of henchmen, watch with nothing but optimism as our Silicon Valley overlords hit their imperial phase - and let your jaw drop as Brooklyn secedes from the Beckhams.
Truly, these are times that make you want to put your hands over your eyes, even when your hands are already over your eyes.
A wildly funny collection from Britain's favourite columnist, Sunday Times bestselling author and co-host of The Rest is Entertainment.
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‘Our funniest, sharpest writer on the great British unravelling’ Jon Ronson
A wildly funny collection from Britain's favourite columnist.
Welcome to the dystopian soap opera of modern times. Travel to space with Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry, let the waters close over you as Bear Grylls baptises Russell Brand in the Thames, and experience the full body impact of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial. Lettuce also remember Liz Truss, meet – and bid farewell to – the guy they called 'No-Drama Starmer', and celebrate the inaugural winner of the Fifa Peace Prize as he threatens to annex countries and follows all the way through on starting wars. Experience the magic of Donald Trump's cavalcade of henchmen, watch with nothing but optimism as our Silicon Valley overlords hit their imperial phase – and let your jaw drop as Brooklyn secedes from the Beckhams.
Truly, these are times that make you want to put your hands over your eyes, even when your hands are already over your eyes. The only thing to do is read Marina Hyde's Guardian columns and howl with laughter.
‘This country’s foremost living satirist’ Vogue
‘Hyde’s columns are the solid-silver lining of Britain's political shitstorm’ Caitlin Moran
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781783353316
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Marina Hyde's weekly columns for the Guardian have won her a reputation as of the most admired journalists in the UK. She has been named Columnist of the Year five times, Political Commentator of the Year four times, received the Edgar Wallace Award for writing of the highest quality and is the only woman to be named Sportswriter of the Year by the Sports Journalists Association. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of What Just Happened?! and co-hosts the smash hit The Rest is Entertainment podcast with Richard Osman.
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