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  • Published: 15 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780753548189
  • Imprint: Virgin Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $26.99

The Diary of Two Nobodies




A year in the life of Gogglebox's Giles and Mary, as Giles is swamped by Mary's hoarding, Mary is a pawn in the Easel Wars, Giles frames Mary in a dishwasher showdown and Mary struggles with vexatious laundry.


Everybody is a somebody.

Giles is a countryman who relishes solitude. His wife Mary thrives in company and enjoys frequent escapes to London.

After thirty years in a marriage of opposites, Giles and Mary have adapted to a life of domestic misunderstandings within comical misadventures.

In The Diary of Two Nobodies, you will have the unique opportunity to discover, first hand, what occurs when a man who sees himself as a cross between Mr Bean and Basil Fawlty shares his life with a woman who identifies closely with the Queen.

Featuring original illustrations by the artist Giles, himself.

  • Published: 15 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780753548189
  • Imprint: Virgin Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $26.99

About the authors

Giles Wood

Giles Wood is an accomplished artist, and is also a published writer, with columns in The Telegraph and The Oldie.

Praise for The Diary of Two Nobodies

Hilarious journal.

The Idler

Required reading

The Spectator

I loved it.

Virginia Ironside

What heaven. I'm going to read it again. Hilarious and true and a tiny bit moving.

Shane Watson

Charming, wise, hilarious

Country Life

So funny and also touching

Louise Guinness

A quiet and understated joy.

Sophia Wood