Foreword david thomas

Introduction amanda-jane doran

'The diary of a nobody' george grossmith

'Thoughts on the diary of a nobody' john betjeman

'Out of farm's way' stephen pile

'Molesworth and the battle of britain' geoffrey willans

'Room at the top' john wells

'Me and my junta' auberon waugh

'1066 and all that' w.c. Sellar and r.j. Yeatman

'You should have seen the mess' muriel spark

'Rogue male' jeffrey bernard

'The memoirs of mipsie' mary dunn

'Here come the dolphins' james thurber

'The adventures of picklock holes' r.c. Lehmann

'Printer's error' p.g. Wodehouse

'Mrs caudle's curtain lectures' douglas jerrold

'Whatever happened to rover?' les dawson

'Injustice at epping' e.v. Knox

'When we were very young' a.a. Milne

'Traveller's joy' virginia graham

'A shocking accident' graham greene

'Clerihews' e.c. Bentley

'The diary of a nobody' george grossmith

'Russellmania' melvyn bragg

'Art' r.j. Richardson

'Mr punch' david thomas

'My hat' stevie smith

'My part in the cuba crisis' basil boothroyd

'We have alan coren: is there any advance on 4 quid?'

Alan coren

'When we were very young' a.a. Milne

English