Steve Lowe has written for numerous publications including Q, BIG ISSUE and BLENDER. Alan McArthur was deputy editor of SOLIDARITY and has worked on campaigns for free education. They met at Cardiff University.

'An A-Z rant about the naffness of modern life that's so bitter it's actually rather uplifting' Marie Claire 'Excellent ... Brilliantly misanthropic' Time Out 'A very funny dissection of what's wrong with the world, bound to strike a chord with any city-living cynic' Observer 'It's a relief there's an appetite for the endearingly relentless grumpiness this book contains, because that's one of the few things that's not s*** about modern British culture' Daily Telegraph