Viral bookshop sign perfectly captures the beauty of British humour in a crisis

It takes a lot to laugh in a state of despair, but a little bookshop in the English town of Fowey seems to have found a way in. For the last year or so, a typically British tongue-in-cheek sign has been covering the front window of the Bookends of Fowey bookshop in Cornwall, UK. Now, following a viral tweet by BBC reporter Nick Garnett, we all got a glimpse at the genius sign. Bookshop in Fowey, Cornwallpic.twitter.com/lxCgaZpsIz — Nick Garnett (@NickGarnettBBC) August 29, 2019 The joke was devised by David, who co-owns the shop with his wife Anne, and who'd prefer to be identified using his first name only.  Read more...More about Books, Fiction, Predictions, Apocalypse, and Culture