Jonathan Gornall

Jonathan Gornall

Jonathan Gornall is an award-winning freelance journalist, whose writing has appeared in The Daily Mail and The Times (London). While at The Times, he was the author of a weekly column, “Microwave Man,” that looked insightfully, and often humorously, at the role of man in the modern world. He published a book of the same title in 2006. He has twice attempted to row across the Atlantic, and lives on England’s east coast with his wife and daughter. 

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How to Build a Boat
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How to Build a Boat
  • By: Jonathan Gornall
  • Narrator: Jonathan Gornall
  • Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
  • Publish date: January 01, 2019
  • Language: English
  • (71 ratings)
(71 ratings)
Part ode to building something with one’s hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story, How to Build a Boat is a bold adventure.Once an essential skill, the ability to... Read more

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