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Blighty

The Quest for Britishness, Britain, Britons, Britishness and The British

Author: Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur  

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* A very funny and insightful look at Britain and Britishness from the bestselling authors of IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT?

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  • A very funny and insightful look at Britain and Britishness from the bestselling authors of IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT?
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Britishness: what does it really mean? Is it all a big con? Having skewered modern British life in the bestselling Is It Just Me or is Everything Shit?, Steve Lowe and Alan MacArthur set out to uncover the deep dark truth about Britain - its history, its myths and its people.

Over the course of a year they watch Dorset Morris men dancing on a chalk-giant s thirty-foot-long erection, endure the Last Night of the Proms and search for a couple of pissed dragons under a hill in Wales. They ask Prince William what it means to be British, witness Scotland rising again (a bit), encounter terrifying Europhobe ladies in Surrey, and lose the will to live in Gibraltar. They also meet a lot of druids.

Hilarious, timely and provocative, Blighty offers a brilliant, alternative vision of Britain - the island in the Atlantic that some people call Britain.

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Critic Reviews

“When it comes to seeing the comedic downside and swearing about it, Lowe and McArthur remain the market leaders-- Telegraph”

Brilliant - Time Out

An entertaining journey to some of the stranger outposts of this sceptred isle - Choice Magazine

When it comes to seeing the comedic downside and swearing about it, Lowe and McArthur remain the market leaders - Telegraph

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About the Author

Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur are the authors of IS IT JUST ME OR IS EVERYTHING SHIT? Volumes 1 and 2. Steve Lowe lives in Brighton and Alan McArthur lives in London. This is their third book.

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Britishness: what does it really mean? Is it all a big con? Having skewered modern British life in the bestselling Is It Just Me or is Everything Shit?, Steve Lowe and Alan MacArthur set out to uncover the deep dark truth about Britain - its history, its myths and its people.Over the course of a year they watch Dorset Morris men dancing on a chalk-giant s thirty-foot-long erection, endure the Last Night of the Proms and search for a couple of pissed dragons under a hill in Wales. They ask Prince William what it means to be British, witness Scotland rising again (a bit), encounter terrifying Europhobe ladies in Surrey, and lose the will to live in Gibraltar. They also meet a lot of druids.Hilarious, timely and provocative, Blighty offers a brilliant, alternative vision of Britain - the island in the Atlantic that some people call Britain.

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group | Sphere
Published
1st July 2010
Pages
352
ISBN
9780751540598

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