Jenny Eclair: Chin Up Britain!

Now is the time to embrace a new austerity. Can't afford a holiday? With coconut sun tan lotion, at least you'll smell like you're on holiday. Don't know what to do with a left-over half a banana? Discard it on the floor of a government-owned building, 'accidentally' slip on it and claim compensation. Or why not sell your children on Ebay?

Chin Up Britain! brings you helpful and hilarious tips for austere living, including identifying your swappable skills (burying dead animals, tuning a freeview box) and improving manners on public transport. A much-loved stand-up comedian, Perrier Award winner Jenny Eclair is also a successful novelist, and co-creator of the Grumpy Old Women brand.

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