Brilliant Britain
On sale
5th September 2012
Price: £9.99
Genre
General Interest / Gift & Humour / Gift Books / Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography / Sociology / Sociology: Customs & Traditions / United Kingdom, Great Britain
Selected:
ebook / ISBN-13: 9780857657909
Brilliant Britain is an entertaining journey through the quirks, oddities and idiosyncrasies that define our nation and preserve us from the mundane and predictable, such as:
• the royal pomp and pageantry of the State Opening of Parliament and the less well-known swan-upping;
• unusual sports and pastimes, from bog snorkelling to worm charming;
• annual countrywide events including the May Day festivities and the beating of the bounds;
• dialects and slang, provincial foods and a recipe for the perfect chip butty.
This book lifts the lid on a rich heritage of eccentricity and diversity, exploring all that makes Britain brilliant.
• the royal pomp and pageantry of the State Opening of Parliament and the less well-known swan-upping;
• unusual sports and pastimes, from bog snorkelling to worm charming;
• annual countrywide events including the May Day festivities and the beating of the bounds;
• dialects and slang, provincial foods and a recipe for the perfect chip butty.
This book lifts the lid on a rich heritage of eccentricity and diversity, exploring all that makes Britain brilliant.
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