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Drinking on holidays for the British: Hangover Holiday Campaign

I was not very much surprised when I read this: (more…)

10 years ago

Οι Βρετανοί είναι συναισθηματικοί άνθρωποι όπως και οι άλλοι λαοί

Οι Βρετανοί είναι συναισθηματικοί άνθρωποι όπως και οι άλλοι λαοί. Η διαφορά μας έγκειται στο πώς εκφράζουμε τα συναισθήματά μας:…

11 years ago

God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton

God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton All good women are naturally frigid It is better to be dowdy…

11 years ago

There is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman

In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman, and that it…

11 years ago

Tea and the British: Vera Drake

I consider Mike Leigh's film Vera Drake a masterpiece. English actors I think are the best in the world and…

11 years ago

The descendants of honest thieves will never allow their marbles to be lost

The Mayor said: “Someone urgently needs to restore George Clooney’s marbles. Here he is plugging a film about looted Nazi…

11 years ago

Quotes on Britishness

Britishness is a complicated and enormous thing—what different people see as meaning different things. It can mean one island, a…

11 years ago

Superman was in the Bible according to Brits

The findings from the Bible Society reveal a generation of parents who can’t tell the difference between Hollywood films and…

11 years ago

British politeness?

To summarize, Brutish (im)politeness is not an easy phenomenon to define. It is inherently an endogenous fact, an indisputable state…

11 years ago

Tea with milk and sugar Mr Beckham?

I was watching BBC World the other day and there was an interview with David Beckham. One of the things…

11 years ago