Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges is written by Guy Browning, who became mildly famous for his 'How to' column in the weekend Guardian. He has also written Never Push When It Says Pull: Small Rules for Little Problems, which is a book that is in much the same vein as this one. In addition he has had several books on work life and office politics published, so if you enjoy his writing you have plenty of opportunities to read more by him. This book is a cute little black hardback with a blue and orange dust jacket, which has childish pictures of a jellyfish and other oceanic life on the front. It is quite a thick book ...  Read the complete review

I decided life was getting too serious. I needed more humour. I’d forgotten how to laugh and enjoy myself. Whilst trawling Amazon for my next literary purchase, Guy Browning’s “Never hit a Jellyfish with a Spade – How to Survive Life’s Smaller Challenges” jumped out at me. The reviews were good, and it sounded just up my street. The book is a hardback with a cute cartoon dustcover on it depicting, amongst other things, someone standing on a jellyfish, spade held aloft. Inside the dust cover is a rather dull, plain black cover and silver writing down the spine. I guess this is handy if you want to look manly or make it less obvious what you are ...  Read the complete review