Nooooooo – Shridhar, what were you thinking!?
@GWR
holder of Longest fingernails (one hand) gets them cut off!! (Well, probably thinking $$$!) Right, anyone else fancy the record?
@LisainArabic
@GWR
@BLACKPINK
Wow!
#LISA
might just have the most dedicated fans of any artist! Have been absolutely overwhelmed by requests to acknowledge her wins at the VMAs and EMAs, so thank you to
@LisainArabic
and the hundreds of fans who’ve sent me messages. All I’ll say is, watch this space!
Huge congratulations to
@JackMasseyWelsh
for becoming the first individual to have 100k subscribers on eight different channels! 🎉
Hear from Jack as he was awarded his certificate virtually by our editor-in-chief
@craigglenday
👏
How happy do I look to be hanging out with
@RealHughJackman
!? Was a real pleasure, and so glad to finally be able to present that certificate! Hugh, that badminton record is actually "just" 25 hr 25 min, so if you and your brother fancy attempting it, we're here for you...
The other record I hear you're interested in,
@RealHughJackman
, is coin catching off the elbow. This is a bit more challenging – you'd need to beat 328 coins (10p) caught off the elbow, set in 1993 by Dean Gould of Felixstowe.
Such a pleasure to finally meet David Aguilar, aka Hand Solo, who started making his own prosthetic arms from LEGO as a 9-year-old and built his first fully functioning mechanical model from a Technic set at the age of 17. Now studying biomechanics at uni. What an inspiration!
A reminder (that's not needed) that celebrating your 119th birthday is a very rare thing! Kane Tanaka, who did so this week, is one of only three people to do so, with Sarah Knauss & Jeanne Calment. She's also the third-longest holder of the WoW record, at 3 years 168 days...
Thanks to the award-winning artistry of
@rodhuntdraws
, this year's
#GWR2022
cover lines up seamlessly with 2021's! Rod has totally captured the amazing world of
@GWR
in one spectacular image
(Thanks for including the book team, Rod. Game of "Where's Glenday?", anyone?)
Congratulations to
@adamhillscomedy
, Alex & Josh on their successful attempt
@TheLastLeg
! See, NOT wasting your lives on this stuff! See you in the
@GWR
2025 book (unless you get beaten!) Enjoy the glory and happy hogmanay!
At an utter loss for words at the passing of our friend and
@SondheimSociety
patron Stephen Sondheim. We were all so blessed to have you around, and what a gift you leave behind. Goodbye for now, Steve, you extraordinary human being
@iamcameronjames
@GWR
My lords, I HAVE been listening and finding your investigation compelling. (We're not stonewalling - it's on our list!) To this end, the record is "in research" so out of circulation while we re-research for the 2022 edition. You have indeed made us wonder about the Wonderdog...
Good news,
@EltonCastee
- you're officially in
#GWR2020
! One of my favourite pix of this year's book, too! Grrrrrrrroawwwrrr [that's meant to be a dino roar!]
@GWR
Amazing job
@AnnaJaneCasey
in “Getting Married Today” at
#Sondheim
Old Friends gala. And wow, fast! 145-150 bpm puts her up there with the fastest ever!
@alfonsocasadot
For more of this kind of Sondheim nerdism, consider joining us at
@SondheimSociety
-
Glad to see that
@mincemeatlive
has lost none of its energy & inventiveness on the (slightly) bigger Fortune stage. Still ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-ing brilliant, moving and hilarious! Never in the field of theatre has so much been delivered by so few (or something more Churchillian!)
Interval tweet - stunning production of Company
@TeatroDelSoho
. What a voice
@antoniobanderas
has - and with a full orchestra, I don’t think the show has sounded better for a long time. Very impressed
Why is Sweeney Todd not just on every night at the Sondheim Theatre!? It’s amazing, funny, it’s
#sondheim
at the Sondheim, it’s a love letter to London, it can just recycle the Les Mis set, can welcome a rolling cast of leads… Come on,
@SondheimSociety
, you with me?
No more bets -
@GWR
2019 has left the building and started its journey to the printers
#gwr2019
Thanks and congrats to everyone in there (you'll find out if you've made it soon enough!) And well done, publishing team and
@55Design
- amazing book!
Holly, amazing! Almost Officially Amazing! This is a first in my search through old balloon claims - never heard of a Thomas one so you get extra points for that. Not that we do points, but you know what I mean! Well maintained!
Will this ever become an approved
@GWR
category?!
OMG I’m listening to
@nosuchthing
& they’re talking about people claiming they have the oldest balloons.
They’re saying they’re all the same type of mylar balloon & usually around the same age.
HEY
@craigglenday
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THOMAS THE 27 YEAR OLD BALLOON!!!!!!
The record for the shortest street is held by Ebenezer Place in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, which measured 2.05 metres.
Here's how it looks aerially in Google Maps - The street has a postal address (No.1), a doorway and even a stone street sign.
Real-life superheroes! How the former tallest man saved a couple of dolphins using his very long arms! Still one of my favourite stories from working at
@GWR
Thanks for the reminder,
@vicnewms
Will be an honour to include you both in
@GWR
2020! Congrats on the record. Now, just need to convince
@VancityReynolds
to accept his certificate for Deadpool. Feels like I'm creating my own record-breaking superhero team...!
Honoured to share the Guinness World Record for the longest career as a live action Marvel superhero with my friend
@RealHughJackman
. A very sweet 16 Years and 228 Days as Charles Xavier and Logan.
I’m here for the Sondheim but couldn’t resist
@hadestown
(finally!) Loved the contrast between the voices of
@reevecarney
and
@BroadwayBoykin
(who I last saw as the Boatman in Sitpwg). Spectacular production - thank you all for leading me to hell and back (in a good way)
Many happy returns to
@GWR
’s oldest living person, Maria Branyas - an impressive 116 years young today. Not just the oldest living woman but one-time oldest Covid survivor. A remarkably long life, still being lived as fully as possible. Feliç aniversari!
He did it! It's been a privilege to follow
@ChrisNikic
's progress remotely in the Florida
@IRONMANtri
and I'm absolutely overjoyed to see him cross finish line, collecting the
@GWR
title for first athlete with Down Syndrome to complete an IRONMAN! Awe-inspiring. Congrats, Chris!
What a beautiful production. Thank you, Menier. Can’t recommend highly enough. Found it unexpectedly moving too - “Someone in a Tree” brought a tear thinking of how much Steve loved this number. And what a lovely ensemble - thanks for the Society’s post-show Q&A
Thanks to cast, musicians, creatives & support team
@MenChocFactory
#PacificOvertures
!
@SondheimSociety
had a wonderful visit. If you love
#Sondheim
it’s an absolute MUST SEE! Great musicality, interpretation, weight & emotional connection. This production has grown so much ❤️
Finally got to meet the incredible gastronaut
@LeahShutkever
tonight doing
@GWR
's
@tiktok_uk
Live "On Trend" shopping experience. Nothing like winging it live with Gemma Collins and
@AlanPixsley
!
(That's a cake-book, btw - a book... made from cake! Amazing job, Leah!)
RIP Stan Lee, a multiple
@GWR
record holder. Glad we were able to honour him (a few times!) in last year’s Superhero-themed main edition. Had dinner together a couple of times in San Diego. Lovely chap, very enthusiastic about his records. Will have a cocktail in his honour...
So excited to confirm that the
@SondheimSociety
will be hosting the 14th
#SSSSPOTY
competition this year at
@DMTWestEnd
Sondheim Theatre, no less. Sondheim at the Sondheim! And with a cracking production team! Lots of Sondheim plus some new writing courtesy of
@newUKmusicals
Wow, THAT’S how you do Sweeney Todd!! Perfectly captures the Grand Guignol horror and melodrama but in a brilliantly inventive modern-day CSI setting! Ensemble is a spine-tingling wall of sound, and great work from all of the leads. Def worth the trek to PPA
#godthatsgood
I feel honoured to have finally experienced Steve’s last work - quirky, absurd, funny and hugely entertaining. And the voice/sound is unmistakably Sondheim. Brava
@OfficialTracieB
et al for wringing every bit of joy out of the bonkers Bunuel material 🍽️
On Guinness World Records Day 2014, tallest man living Sultan Kösen and shortest man ever Chandra Dangi - plus our editor
@craigglenday
- met for the first time in London. Get ready for
#GWRday
2018 next Thursday 8 Nov as we celebrate the international day of record-breaking! 🌍
So thrilled to confirm that
@LiversidgeJason
achieved his
@GWR
dream today and reached 66.826 mph in his mobility vehicle! What an incredible achievement: someone terminally ill with motor-neuron disease, handling speeds like this down the track at Elvington!? Awe-inspiring!
If you've got the Monday blues, here's a well-timed reminder that our new episode has the brilliant
@craigglenday
regaling us with his well-travelled tales!
Listen now on
@ApplePodcasts
Please wish my parents Doug & Sylvia a happy 50th wedding anniversary - married today at St Paul’s Cathedral (the one in Dundee!) half a century ago. They continue to deserve each other (in a good way!)
Amazing first attempt at the
@gcntweet
one-hour penny-farthing record from
@MrMarkBeaumont
. 136 laps on a 56-in bike! Keeping results quiet for now, though, as we've two more attempts. Next up is pro cycler Chris Opie...
Huge congratulations to
@jenniferreoch
for whipping on five kilts in just one minute and earning that much-coveted
@GWR
certificate! You kilt it! And on St Andrew's Day! Great cheerleading too from
@des_clarke
- what a team
@HeartScotland
. So, Des, what are YOU going to break!?
According to
@GWR
: The largest eye chart is 23.07 m² (248 sq ft) and was achieved by Louis Nielsen (Denmark) in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 19 May 2017. The eye chart was made to flag the importance of good eyesight for drivers, and further improve traffic safety.
Huge thank you to
@FlyLoganair
and
@DNDAirport
for operating the London City to Dundee service - been a lifesaver this week. Can get door to door to see my poorly dad in just under 3 hrs - greatly appreciated, esp in these testing times! Proud to be part of the
#Clan
!
Aww, you’re making me blush. Been a wonderfully fun, varied 21 years!
(I was once the answer to a question in a pub quiz I was taking part in
@RoyalInnOnPark
! The question was actually “How far did someone stretch a Curly Wurly for a GWR record!” and I held that record at the
Today we're celebrating
@craigglenday
's 21 years at
@GWR
🥰️
He started in the web team before becoming editor-in-chief of our famous book - and he's great to be on a team with at a pub quiz 💫
Was an honour to spend time with Norris just before his fateful "energetic" game of tennis in 2004. He was always brimming with anecdotes and remembrances. And without fail would reference Ross in every conversation, a loss he described as "an amputation". Happy birthday, boys!
Sad to hear the news that David Kernan, a long-standing patron of the
@SondheimSociety
, has died at the age of 85. Did so much to popularize Steve's work in the UK and beyond. RIP, David
It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that dear David has passed away peacefully. In this time of such sadness, we shall think of the wonderful man he was, and the truly fantastic career that he had on stage, and on screen. ❤️. God Bless.
How did you spend your Saturday night?! I spent it plotting the heights and reigns of
@GWR
's world's shortest men since Book
#1
in 1955. Never quite as simple as you'd hope... Have I missed anyone?!
BTW, def not buying Buffon's 18th-C reference to a 16-in-tall 37-year-old man
Don't miss out on your chance to enjoy a West End Sondheim extravaganza - look, top prices just £47.50! Really is a great night of Sondheim classics & new writing from
@newUKmusicals
, plus performances from
@NYMTuk
BOOK NOW! Mon 30 May, 7pm start
@caroli
And I’ve spent 10 of those years trying to destroy every copy of that awful ventriloquist dummy of a photo! I came in from my sick bed for this shoot and was made to look “healthy” by a well-meaning PR
But a huge thank-you to all my very indulgent colleagues for a fun afternoon!
today at GWR HQ we're celebrating
@craigglenday
's 20 years at Guinness World Records! (20 years!!!!!!!!!!!)
Craig has met plenty of our most iconic record holders over the years, and on a personal level, he's just a really nice person 🥰️
Happy Pride! As part of
@GWR
’s Pride Week celebrations, was honoured by a visit to the HQ from
@lucyclarkref
and wife
@LirvaC
. The world’s first openly trans football referee, she recounts a fascinating and enlightening tale about her journey to reffing her first game as Lucy in
@Lilylovesleo327
@lisaconsistent
@LisainArabic
@GWR
@BLACKPINK
Not mocking - am genuinely impressed that there is such passion here. We receive applications for more than a hundred different record categories every day, many with dozens/hundreds of pages of documentation/evidence. They all get processed in due course but it takes time
To mark the UN's International Day of Older Persons last week, we shot a quick video on how to live a record-breakingly long life (hosted by me, ironically!) Thank you, video team
@GWR
, for the disturbing deep-fake aging(!)
The DNA results are in! Doug the Spud is [drum roll]... NOT a potato! The 7.8-kg monstrosity is in fact a type of gourd. Thanks to Science & Advice for Scottish Agriculture (
@ScotGovSASA
) for carrying out the test for
@GWR
Peter Glazebook retains the record with his 4.98 kg spud!
Clean up at the Oliviers - 7 wins to equal Hamilton, Matilda and Cabaret, so go for 8 - then my people will call your people. I’d LOVE to get OM in the book!
Never seen such a strong field at SSSPOTY - the judges had the most challenging time calling it as there were so many top performances. As
@SheenCaroline
said, the future of musical theatre is in good hands
Thank you,
@thebookseller
. Not often I get to nudge
@MichelleObama
out of a picture slot! Sorry my dear...
Thanks also to the whole amazing book team
@GWR
for this year's edition - best ever!
A new Guinness world record! Delighted to announce that my record 1,269 tomatoes on a single truss has just been approved. It breaks my own record of 839 from last year
#nodig
-
@GWR
@craigglenday
@MattOliver87
So excited to reveal the cover for
@GWR
2021 - something a bit different from the awesome Rod Hunt. Great to see so many record holders illustrated on one cover - can you find them all!?
I’m honoured to have illustrated the book cover for the 2021
@GWR
Guinness World Records!
The 2021 book, released later this year, features a jacket that took illustrator Rod Hunt 300 hours to create.
#illustration
#books
#design
#WorldBookDay
Exhausting few days in Dubai with Afshin,
@GWR
's new shortest man. We've been to the barbers, the tailors, up the
@BurjKhalifa
, had a v glam photoshoot, held a press conference this morning, and he's off for a medical later. No wonder we've zonked out! 😴
Have been so excited & honoured to be chatting away the past couple of weeks with
@Astro_Soichi
on the
@Space_Station
Finally achieved a long-time ambition to get a certificate presentation on board the ISS, so thank you for accepting, Dr Noguchi! Next time, in person? One day...
Wow. Has anyone confirmed the name of the hospital for this remarkable claim? The original reporter is not replying to my messages (nor is the expert quoted). Would be great to get this ratified for
@GWR
A 37-year-old South African woman, Gosiame Thamara Sithole has given birth to 10 babies (7 boys and 3 girls).
She has broken the world record for the Most Children to Survive in a Single Birth.
Sad to hear about Robbie Coltrane... and amused at the number of people who've contacted me about it, checking I'm ok, like I've lost a twin brother. Lol. Can't see it myself... Mind you, I have signed a few autographs as him over the years...
I had so much fun in the Fish tank! Thanks for having me and letting me share record-breaking stories about the amazing Lucky Diamond and our other
@GWR
record holders. Sorry about the prolapsing and vomiting - just some of the unexpected hazards of the job...
Our new episode 'No Such Thing as an Ancient Persian Badger' features super special guest
@craigglenday
, editor-in-chief of
@GWR
!
Click here to find out some of the extreme ways you could earn yourself a Guinness World Record:
@BBCSanaSafi
Thanks for the clarification. But please let's not lose the message here that Rashid Khan did an awesome thing. Let's celebrate that Afghanistan has made incredible leaps in cricket in such a short space of time and not take offence at demonyns. Call me Scotch if you want...
This should be fun/terrifying - just me and Ross and Norris (my fish) broadcasting live from my living room! Ask any question you want about the history of the company, what constitutes a record and how to be a record breaker yourself.
Join us LIVE tomorrow on our
@tiktok_uk
channel for an
#EduTok
session with our Editor-In-Chief
@craigglenday
!
📅 Wednesday 1st April
⏰ 7PM GMT/ 2PM EST
Expect amazing stories of record-breakers and the history behind the book.
📱 TikTok: guinnessworldrecords
Fascinating, enjoyable piece by
@ImogenWK
in
@guardian
on “The strange survival of Guinness World Records”. I long ago stopped thinking about how odd our day jobs are
@gwr
but when you sit down and explain it to someone, yeah, it does sound strange…
As if last night's Sondheim celebration wasn't already starry enough... My chums at
@RanchoObiWan
will be thrilled to know that I was sat next to Paul Brooke, aka Malakili the Rancour handler from Return of the Jedi!
#starstruck
It's one of the highlights of my year - the CANNA UK Big Veg Championship
@MalvernShows
!Already seen a couple of interesting contenders, including this handsome headsized aubergine from grower-extraordinaire Peter Glazebrook! (I'm the one on the left!)