Entertain Your Friends at Christmas

Do you need a bit of help going uphill? Ideas for presents this Christmas? Take a few tips from the master contraptioneer Heath Robinson, who has a solution to every problem.

If you are worried about getting everything done at Christmas, use a few Heath Robinson tricks. Pull your trousers up with magnetic braces, peel the potatoes by gramophone, get a machine to pour the coffee, clear the table with a hydraulic jack and light your cigar with a foot pump. Using a Heath Robinson excuse, you can even test the kiss-permitting properties of mistletoe.

If you’re stuck for a present, introduce your friends to the wacky, ingenious world of the Mighty Commander of the Preposterous with a copy of Very Heath Robinson. It contains hundreds of ideas for improving everyday life, introduced by Adam Hart-Davis and Philip Pullman.

Our Christmas offer
With every copy of Very Heath Robinson you buy before 31st December 2018 we will give you a pack of six Heath Robinson Greetings Cards worth £12.50. Become a Sheldrake Member and you will also get a 25% discount on the book. That’s £30 instead of £40, or a total saving of £22.50 on the book and cards. Post and packing are on us.

If you would like to become a Sheldrake Member, go to Members where you can register free of charge.

To take up our Christmas offer, go to Very Heath Robinson, add the book to your basket and select the Heath Robinson Greetings Cards as your free gift. We’ll do the rest. To be sure of delivery before Christmas, please place your order by Tuesday 18th December 2018.