Twilight Years with the Totterings

Name: Twilight Years with the Totterings
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ISBN: 9781846894350

Annie Tempest, Pam Ayres

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Miscellaneous
01 December 2025

Social & cultural history; Cartoons & comic strips

Annie Tempest's wonderful cartoon strip about a fictitious English village, with the eccentric Lord and Lady Tottering and their family who reside at Tottering Hall is much lauded and internationally loved. For more than thirty years, Tottering-by-Gently has appeared weekly in 'Country Life' magazine to the delight of readers. The struggle with the generation gap and the wokerarti is a dynamic always at play at Tottering Hall. In this latest book, Annie Tempest has brought together her favourite cartoons on the subject of growing older in a fast, glitchy and disrupted world where everything the aged Tottering types do is translated into a boomer meme to be giggled at. Unapologetically, they grapple with the new order of social media, mindfulness and 'me-time', while continuing to hold out for meat, two veg and Chianti over tahini, tofu and kombucha. 'Twilight Years with the Totterings' is perfect for anyone who is on the wrong side of fifty.

AUTHOR: Annie Tempest is one of the top cartoonists working in the UK. This was recognized in 2009 with the Cartoon Art Trust awarding her the Pont Prize for the portrayal of the British Character. Annie's cartoon career began in 1985 with the success of her first book, How Green Are Your Wellies? This led to a regular cartoon, 'Westenders' in the Daily Express. Soon after, she joined the Daily Mail with the 'Yuppies' cartoon strip which ran for more than seven years and for which, in 1989, she was awarded 'Strip Cartoonist of the Year'. Since 1993 Annie Tempest has been charting the life of Daffy and Dicky Tottering in Tottering-by-Gently the phenomenally successful weekly strip cartoon in Country Life.

100 illustrations

By: Annie Tempest
Foreword by: Pam Ayres
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 220mm,
Weight: 418g
ISBN: 9781846894350
ISBN 10: 1846894352
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Annie Tempest is one of the top cartoonists working in the UK. This was recognized in 2009 with the Cartoon Art Trust awarding her the Pont Prize for the portrayal of the British Character. Annie’s cartoon career began in 1985 with the success of her first book, How Green Are Your Wellies? This led to a regular cartoon, ‘Westenders’ in the Daily Express. Soon after, she joined the Daily Mail with the ‘Yuppies’ cartoon strip which ran for more than seven years and for which, in 1989, she was awarded ‘Strip Cartoonist of the Year’. Since 1993 Annie Tempest has been charting the life of Daffy and Dicky Tottering in Tottering-by-Gently – the phenomenally successful weekly strip cartoon in Country Life.

Reviews for Twilight Years with the Totterings

'In short, ""Tottering-by-Gently - The Twilight Years with the Totterings "" is a charming, cleverly observed, and ultimately heart-warming book that beautifully captures the endearing chaos of a family struggling to keep up. It's gentle humour with a sharp edge of truth. Highly recommended and at the price of £15.99 worth a place in many a Christmas stocking!.' * Baily’s Hunting Directory, October 2025 *