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CHEEKY
GUIDES LTD
The indie publishing company
that brought you The King James Bible, Lord of the Rings,
The Da Vinci Code, the Internet, treacle, cheesecloth, Frank
Zappa and, oh, hang on…….maybe that was someone
else.
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Brief Cheeky History:
1968 - Cheeky
Guides creator David Bramwell is born in Doncaster
– something he is still coming to terms with.
1978 - Bramwell
bags the much-coveted Doncaster Scouts Arm-Wrestling Trophy.
1983 - Cheeky co-author
Tim Bick goes to France by mistake and rediscovers the saucisson on behalf of the hair gel generation.
1997 - Bramwell’s
first kiss with tongues.
1999
- April 3rd. Cheeky Guides Ltd is
created, introducing a new genre of travel guide that combine
humour, irreverence, storytelling and real insider information
with a comic book style.
1999 - April
19th. The Cheeky Guide to Brighton is released, hits the number
one slot in the Brighton branch of Waterstones and remains
the town’s best-selling book for over two years until
the release of Harry Potter and the Naughty Dinner-Ladies
of Aberystwyth.
2000 - Onwards -
Since the release of the first edition of the Brighton book,
Cheeky has gone from strength to strength,
releasing successful guides to Oxford, Student Life and Love,
not to mention a string of successful comedy shows in Brighton
and Edinburgh based on several of the titles.
Despite weak knees and a predisposition towards pre-war cough mixture, Tim has become the toast of Brighton society and counts local celebrities such as the wardrobe co-ordinator from Hollyoaks and Brian Archer "the butcher of Hanover" amongst his closest acquaintances. He also dabbles in radio presentation, where his trademark is speaking extremely slowly. More about that here:
radioreverb.com
Like all gifted artists, David Bramwell is moody,
complicated and utterly beguiling to the opposite sex.
As well as being the author of Cheeky Guides,
he is also the singer-songwriter in the band Oddfellow’s
Casino, a wheezy musical ensemble, named after a Victorian
Freakshow host.
You can learn more about their lovely music at:
www.oddfellowscasino.org
Recently David set his sights further afield with plans for
the Cheeky Guide to Asia, but ran out of
funds halfway through Kazakhstan. He does, however, have his eyes
on Europe (the continent, not the '80s poodle-rock band). Watch this space!
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