How to be British
A cartoon celebration
Published on 24. October 2019
112 pages
978-1-4735-7702-2 (ISBN)
Description
Not sure why everyone keeps talking about the weather?
Can't tell your Earl Grey from your English breakfast?
Feeling a wobble in your stiff upper lip?
It sounds like you need a crash course in How to be British. This handy pocket guide brings together 130 classic cartoons covering all the crucial elements of life on our sceptred isle: from queuing under absolutely any circumstances, to avoiding eye contact on the bus, to tutting and saying 'Honestly' when it starts raining.
Whether you're a born-and-bred Brit or the most transient of tourists, How to be British is your one-stop remedy to Brexit blues. At least it's better than chatting about the weather again.
Can't tell your Earl Grey from your English breakfast?
Feeling a wobble in your stiff upper lip?
It sounds like you need a crash course in How to be British. This handy pocket guide brings together 130 classic cartoons covering all the crucial elements of life on our sceptred isle: from queuing under absolutely any circumstances, to avoiding eye contact on the bus, to tutting and saying 'Honestly' when it starts raining.
Whether you're a born-and-bred Brit or the most transient of tourists, How to be British is your one-stop remedy to Brexit blues. At least it's better than chatting about the weather again.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
File size
37,51 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4735-7702-2 (9781473577022)
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10/2019
Hutchinson
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Person
Dr Tim Benson is Britain's leading authority on political cartoons. He runs the Political Cartoon Gallery and Cafe which is located near the River Thames in Putney. He has produced numerous books on the history of cartoons, including Giles's War, Churchill in Caricature, Low and the Dictators, The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of Its Cartoonists, Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons and Over the Top: A Cartoon History of Australia at War.
