I Used To Know That: Stuff you forgot from school - Book

Stuff You Forgot From School. Divided into subject sections including English Language, English Literature, Maths, Science, History, Geography and General Studies. Full of interesting facts, recollections and witty insights.

Can you remember how photosynthesis works? What about quadratic equations? Or the names of all five Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice? This witty and insightful book gathers together all the facts, figures and formulae we only half-remember from school, and is guaranteed to have you exclaiming, 'I used to know that!'

A Sunday Times bestseller

"A seven-chapter wonder that covers everything."
The Scotsman

"Jolly useful old-school primer ... Everyone will want to dip into this."
Tribune Magazine

Caroline Taggart was born in London of Scottish parents, spent her childhood in New Zealand and went to university in Sheffield. Confused for some time, she has now lived in Pimlico for twenty-five years and thinks of herself as a Londoner, but continues to change allegiance whenever it suits her, particularly during the rugby season.