ISBN:
9781847377333
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4812508921
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- PART ONE: THE BRITISH IN BRITAIN -- 1 Bandstands, bastards and Barnstaple -- 2 Sun, sandcastles and surf dudes -- 3 Blackpool, big dippers and boarding-houses -- 4 Lakes, lochs and Lopez -- 5 Camping, canoes and cordage -- 6 Cottages, caravans and comments books -- 7 'Closed' signs, congestion charges and Clint Eastwood -- 8 Cliveden, Canadian hot tubs, and colonic irrigation -- 9 Girls, golf and G8 summits -- 10 Scrambled egg, scones and Schleswig-Holstein -- 11 Poirot, paparazzi and prime ministers -- 12 Butlins, Bognor and Boney M -- 13 Bank holidays, Brief Encounter and barking madness -- PART TWO: THE BRITISH ABROAD -- 14 Passports, pyramids and propaganda -- 15 Suitcases, security, and St Christopher -- 16 Horizon, hypermarkets and Hoseasons -- 17 Marketing, millionaires and murder -- 18 Misfortune, madness and the Med -- 19 Frogs, four Yorkshiremen, and finding ourselves -- 20 Parents, pals and postcards -- 21 Barbecues, Bergasol and bikini lines -- 22 Naturism, nipples and nookie -- 23 Honeymoons, hen parties and Harp lager -- 24 Claudia Schiffer, Christianity and the Cresta Run -- 25 Phrasebooks, foreigners and Fucking Hell -- 26 Escargots, Espana and El Quim -- 27 Cruising, crooning and carved elephants -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements.
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