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English crime is reverting to its oldest habits

Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many…

12 years ago

The Brits don’t merely enjoy misery, they get off on it

As I railed on and on, I became increasingly energied and excited by my own misery and misanthropy until I…

12 years ago

Americans as revolutionaries?

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans. Shashi Tharoor

12 years ago

Butlers only truly exist in England

It is sometimes said that butlers only truly exist in England. Other countries, whatever title is actually used, have only…

12 years ago

The national dish is no longer fish and chips, it’s curry

Britain is no longer totally a white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks, and drink tea. The national…

12 years ago

Britain: America’s poodle in Europe

Britain: America's Trojan poodle in Europe The Economist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUC3HNDymec

12 years ago

What should they know of England who only England know?

The English Flag Rudyard Kipling 1891 Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames…

12 years ago

The British do not expect happiness

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do…

12 years ago

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It is the country with the worst food after Finland. Jacques…

12 years ago

A dull, decent people

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets. George Orwell, Burmese Days

12 years ago