The World According To Clarkson
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The World According To Clarkson is a book of Jeremy Clarkson's columns he wrote while working for the Sunday Times. They ran from 7 January 2001 until 14 December 2003. The topics were varied, each one usually based on either a big or trivial news story from the week. About eight were written as Clarkson travelled around Europe. The book is a number one Sunday Times Million copies bestseller.
Clarkson discussed a wide variety of topics, usually taking a cynical approach. Some topics included:
- The fox that he hunted because it killed his chickens.
- His garden where nothing grew, except mushrooms and a sycamore with rot.
- Aeroplanes (in particular, Concorde and its last flight).
- His family and the reasons for fathers rarely getting custody.
- The perks of the British Isles.
- Modern art.
- Cars, speed cameras, and driving in general.
- Food.
- Christmas.
- His dislike of parties.
- The problems with Europe.
- The music he listened to when he was younger.
- Being middle-aged.
- World records.
- David Beckham.
- The overuse of science and acronyms in daily life.
- His appearance as guest host on Have I Got News For You.
All of these articles are written with humour but often with some serious undertone.
The book was translated into Polish and appeared in Poland under the title "Świat według Clarksona" (Insignis, 2006), becoming the number one bestseller in this country.
