Guy Browning
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Guy Browning is a humorist and after-dinner speaker. He wrote the How To.. column in The Guardian
from 1999-2009. Before that he wrote about office politics and social climbing. He currently lives in Kingston Bagpuize in Oxfordshire
.
and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
, he started out in the comedy duo Dross Bros with Patrick Marber
. The two men fell out and Browning went into advertising with Darcy Macius Benton Bowles where he was responsible for the line, "Delicious Meaty Chunks in a Nutritious Gravy". He went on to become the Creative Director of Added Value before setting up his own business, Smokehouse in 1997.
, (Small Talk – 2003) and Weak at the Top ran for two series in 2005/6 starring Alexander Armstrong
. John Weak works for Smokehouse, which is the name of Guy Browning's real business.
His books collecting his Guardian columns, Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade and Never Push When it Says Pull, were bestsellers. His work has been translated into eight languages. His latest book, Maps of My Life, was published in October 2008.
His humour is gentle and incisive; he steers clear of political comedy and cruelty. His lines appear regularly in books of quotations.
In June 2009, Browning began directing his first film Tortoise in Love set in and around Kingston Bagpuize.
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
from 1999-2009. Before that he wrote about office politics and social climbing. He currently lives in Kingston Bagpuize in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
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Early life
Educated at Magdalen College SchoolMagdalen College School, Oxford
Magdalen College School is an independent school for boys aged 7 to 18 and girls in the sixth form, located on The Plain in Oxford, England. It was founded as part of Magdalen College, Oxford by William Waynflete in 1480....
and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m....
, he started out in the comedy duo Dross Bros with Patrick Marber
Patrick Marber
Patrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
. The two men fell out and Browning went into advertising with Darcy Macius Benton Bowles where he was responsible for the line, "Delicious Meaty Chunks in a Nutritious Gravy". He went on to become the Creative Director of Added Value before setting up his own business, Smokehouse in 1997.
Radio
Browning is a regular on BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
, (Small Talk – 2003) and Weak at the Top ran for two series in 2005/6 starring Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong (comedian)
Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a British comedian, actor and television presenter.-Early life and career:Armstrong was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, the youngest of three children, to Henry Angus Armstrong and his wife Emma Virginia Peronnet Thompson-McCausland, daughter of Lucius...
. John Weak works for Smokehouse, which is the name of Guy Browning's real business.
Writing
Browning combines a serious career as a business writer with books such as Innervation: Rewire Yourself for the New Economy (Momentum 2003) and Grass Roots Management (Prentice Hall 2002), with humorous columns, like the Weak at the Top in Management Today.His books collecting his Guardian columns, Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade and Never Push When it Says Pull, were bestsellers. His work has been translated into eight languages. His latest book, Maps of My Life, was published in October 2008.
His humour is gentle and incisive; he steers clear of political comedy and cruelty. His lines appear regularly in books of quotations.
In June 2009, Browning began directing his first film Tortoise in Love set in and around Kingston Bagpuize.