Featured in this book are such established English cultural behemoths as the Beatles, Big Ben and the Last Night of the Proms alongside less celebrated quirks such as meat pies and the working man's haven, the allotment. Here we celebrate the bell-ringers and Morris dancers, bowler hats ('the symbol of respectable Englishness') and cardigans ('symbol of staid middle-class solidarity'). We examine the brutality of Punch and Judy and our historic love of fairies, once so much a part of the English psyche that they were described as 'the British religion'.
| ISBN: | 9780224100977 |
| Publication date: | 16th July 2015 |
| Author: | David Boyle |
| Publisher: | Square Peg an imprint of Vintage |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Primary Genre | Non-Fiction Books of the Month |
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Featured in this book are such established English cultural behemoths as the Beatles, Big Ben and the Last Night of the Proms alongside less celebrated quirks such as meat pies and the working man's haven, the allotment. Here we celebrate the bell-ringers and Morris dancers, bowler hats ('the symbol of respectable Englishness') and cardigans ('symbol of staid middle-class solidarity').
How to be English features in the following genres: Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Humour, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
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How to be English was written by David Boyle and published by Square Peg an imprint of Vintage
