By James May

James May stages outlandish stunts with some of Britain’s best-loved toys and also takes a serious look at the stories behind them.

• Plasticine garden causes controversy at the famous Chelsea Flower Show
• Building the world’s largest Meccano bridge in Liverpool
• The world’s first 1:1 scale Airfix Spitfire model
• Full steam ahead for a Hornby model railway world record attempt
• Revving round the world’s longest Scalextric track at Brooklands, the original home of Grand Prix racing
• Full-size Lego house complete with furniture, lighting, and even a key to the front door

James May is an enthusiastic beer drinker, which helps him to believe he’s funny as a writer, broadcaster and co-host of BBC TV’s Top Gear. He also writes a weekly motoring column for the Daily Telegraph, in which he diversifies into subjects as unrelated as pies, hats, American hard gums, spam, poetry and his manifesto for ‘May’s Britain’. James enjoys cars, motorcycles, light aircraft and a drink, always in that order, as well as playing with his much-loved Hornby train set, Meccano and Scalextric which involve hours of construction and take over his house from time to time. He lives in London with his girlfriend and Fusker, the world’s most unpleasant cat.

• Hardback
• 272 pages
• ISBN: 9781844861071