Mark Mason

Whistling is a bloody nuisance

A review John Lucas and Allan Chatburn’s A Brief History of Whistling. Sheepdogs, Star Trek and the Guanch people of La Gomera: there's a serious side to whistling. But it's still incredibly annoying

The actress Bessie Love, whistling while cooking [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]

  • A Brief History of Whistling

    John Lucas and Allan Chatburn

    Five Leaves, pp. 196

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