Culture

Bad diet to blame for one in six deaths in the UK

Poor diets kill almost 90,000 Britons a year. Nearly one in six deaths is now linked to unhealthy eating, researchers…

6 years ago

Put a fucking jacket on

Typical British Victorian attitude: being prudish about the human skin and at the same time rude. Not to mention how…

6 years ago

Have you ever tasted English food? They eat pigs’ blood.

Have you ever tasted English food? They eat pigs' blood. They do not eat pigs' blood. I'm telling you. They…

6 years ago

Mistaking idiocy for hedonism

San Antonio was a depressing affair. A tacky enclave of the worst of Britain. Full of people dumping the worst…

6 years ago

Why on Earth would they serve this when we have tea?

This passage from Murdoch Mysteries (Season 1, episode 8 "Still Waters") is characteristic of British culture (where the normal thing to drink…

6 years ago

People drink so much because it’s our culture

“People drink so much because it’s our culture,” adds Lawrence. “The sun comes out and you go to a beer…

6 years ago

Drunk British woman thrown off easyJet flight

An abusive woman was thrown off an easyJet flight after screaming 'do you want me to be a prostitute' during…

7 years ago

The first Brit had dark skin and blue eyes

Britain’s oldest complete skeleton, known as Cheddar Man, was unearthed more than a century ago in Gough’s Cave in Somerset.…

7 years ago

You’re not an unfriendly person, you’re just under the weather

I don’t think the temperature equates to a friendlier person. It equates to being more comfortable‚ and the secondary consequences…

7 years ago

British Ladettes: champions of the shag machine and going home and throwing up

The English comedienne, Dawn French, caused a stir when she spoke out against “ladette culture", the British scourge abroad. Here…

7 years ago