Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School and the University of Oxford before going on to study at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. In 1993 he co-founded the bi-monthly magazine The Idler – a humorous periodical devoted to the topic of idling and work-as-play - with Tom Hodgkinson, and eleven years later set up the Cloud Appreciation Society. Clouds form the basis of his most famous literary work, from The Cloudspotter’s Guide to A Cloud A Day and Cloudspotting for Beginners which was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2024. His other publications include The Wavewatcher’s Companion and The Ukelele Handbook.
Cloudspotting For Beginners
The Cloudspotter's Guide
A Cloud A Day
The Cloud Collector's Handbook
The Wavewatcher's Companion
A Cloud a Day Journal
The Ukulele Handbook
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