After the Second World War there was not much to be happy about and JB Priestly, a self-confessed malcontent, began cataloguing the small things that have been a "delight" in order to commit these small rushes of pleasure to memory and to ensure that they are not lost in the rush of modern life:
Long Trousers, Frying a Sausage, an Orchestra tuning up, the Joys of not going to a Party.
Given that the economic crisis may give rise to similar feelings of malcontent, a timely version of this interesting book was recently released to raise funds for Dyslexia Action, with some observations from a few celebrities
Jeremy Paxman likes frogspawn and the pompous faces of adult frogs
Dom Joly likes lying in the grass "trying to make the clouds move"
John Sargeant enjoys "pulling a fish into a boat ... and killing it"
Dear friends and family, thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
I am raising funds for Dyslexia Action as a participant in the Virgin Marathon in on the 25th of April 2010. I hope that the thought of the simultaneously destroyed and triumphant look on my face at the end of this race would be a "delight" if not at least moderately amusing and I write to request your support in helping me raise funds for Dyslexia Action. In return for your contribution, I will send you a picture from the finish line to be included in your own book of Modern Delights.
For those of you that are not familiar with Dyslexia Action, this organization is the leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties in the . Dyslexia Action provides specialist teacher training and develops high quality teaching tools, in addition to activities designed to improve awareness and understanding of dyslexia.
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