Quotes

Britain is just a small island … no one pays any attention to them

Britain is just a small island … no one pays any attention to them. Dmitry Peskov (allegedly) Reference Wow, what…

11 years ago

English cuisine is generally so threadbare

English cuisine is generally so threadbare that for years there has been a gentlemen’s agreement in the civilized world to…

11 years ago

He thought risotto was an Italian football player

He thought risotto was an Italian football player but he prepared this in five minutes. —TV advert

11 years ago

Canned steak and kidney pie with a little tomato ketchup on top

As soon as the French start queuing up for baked beans, I shall commit harakiri, simply by leaning slowly on…

11 years ago

Body as a disused Methodist chapel

Like most British people, I see my body as a disused Methodist chapel, now used for storage of unsold jumble.…

11 years ago

Fat-filled fast food or something pre-packaged

Jeremy Paxman in his new book on the English argues that “for the majority of people, eating out is to…

11 years ago

The English in terms of tea, roast-beef and rain

The English can be explained by their Anglo-Saxon heritage and the influence of Methodists. But I prefer to explain them…

11 years ago

Etymology of brutish (and British)

Brutish obs. form of British. Oxford English Dictionary brutish, a. (ˈbruːtɪʃ) Also 5–6 brutisshe, -ysshe, 7–8 bruitish. [f. brute +…

12 years ago

London, a city of the drab dead…

If Rome, a city of the vulgar living, had been depressing after Greece, London, a city of the drab dead,…

12 years ago

This vile cunt-starving land

Now wand’ring o’er this vile cunt-starving land I am content with what comes next to hand. Earl of Rochester, Sodom

12 years ago