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This crap has all the hallmarks of a country house party five days into being cut off by a blizzard and reduced to sitting round in the billiard room trying to imagine how the common people chat amongst each other during cocktails before dinner.

#Grauniad
#Britishness

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

The Guardian · The rise of Britishcore: 100 experiences that define and unite modern BritonsBy Dylan B Jones
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Sir Walter Scott’s WAVERLEY

Currently on BBC Sounds: Rana Mitter on the writer & the books which “conjured up a portrait of the British as an effortlessly multicultural people… uniquely qualified to take on the world” – with Jenni Calder, Robert Crawford, & Andrew Lincoln

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #Romanticism #19thcentury #CulturalStudies #Britain #Britishness

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bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04dr39q

BBCBBC Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas, Free Thinking - Landmark: Sir Walter Scott's WaverleyRana Mitter on the first historical novel, one that invented Scotland and built Britain

Pub Mate: "It's the twisted dishonesty that characterises the actuality of 'Britishness' that disappoints me most about us Brits, especially the English. What a thing to be famous for. We try to sell it as 'diplomacy' but the rest of the world see us as cheats and liars - truth-twisters par excellence".

Nail. Head. (IMO)

Ten Foods to Have with Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea is an institution in the United Kingdom.  More than just a hot cuppa in mid-afternoon, it’s more like a light meal in which tea is just one item being served.  If you take afternoon tea in someone’s home or at a tea house, you’re going to have the option to fill yourself with plenty of sweet and savory items that go well wi

anglotopia.net/british-identit

Anglotopia.netTen Foods to Have with Afternoon TeaAfternoon tea is an institution in the United Kingdom.  More than just a hot cuppa in mid-afternoon, it’s more like a light meal in which tea is just one item being served.  If you take afternoon tea in someone’s home or at a tea house, you’re going to have the option to fill yourself with […]