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Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Tableby: Nigel Slater June 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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... to write this. Or a Jeremy. Or possibly a Terence. But maybe we all have anorak-y tendencies when it comes to name-checking the fondly remembered foods of our 1950s and 60s childhoods.
But sorry, Nigel - you've done this too many times before - and so have too many other people. Spangles, Dairylea triangles, Jammie Dodgers, Tunnock's teacakes have had the Proustian treatment before. And let's face it though Spangles now RIP, nearly all of these along with Sarson's vinegar and Bisto can be bought in any Tesco today. Though I agree that floral gums (and cherry lips, the best for eating surreptitiously through double Latin) have had the chemistry formula changed and don't taste the same. When Nigel gets stuck, or his Proustian ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to Seeby: Bill Shapiro October 30, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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I must admit, I don't think am quite as overcome as the other 2 reviewers... in fact, some of the letters in here struck me as pretentious - bordering on emo - as seems to be our wont when we're falling in love. Then there are a fair few which simply freak me out - there's both love and hatred on these pages, and being confronted with a genuine, searing example of the latter is uncomfortable reading.
There's the bids to sound casually indifferent (coupled with thoughts of "Did I sound that obvious, too?"); the attempts to sound like it wasn't just cheap, meaningless sex and yes, yes, of course you'll still respect them in the morning... there are letters after years of marriage; letters written in the throes of new love, and letters that ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Coast: The Journey Continuesby: Christopher Somerville September 21, 2006 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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I've always had a great love of our fantastic British Coastline. It has always been my ambition to carry out the complete tour. Perhaps one day I will achieve the ambition! For the meantime I will have to make do with the books and the DVD's! I notice that the first book "coast" received some criticism by the reviewers here on Amazon so I was keen to check out if the 'grumbles' applied to the 2nd volume "The Journey Continues". As far as I'm concerned I have no complaints at all...this is a wonderful book. It contains 16 area tours in all starting from the south coast working in a clockwise fashion from Dover ending up and finishing in London. The Channel Islands, Ireland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland are included. There is a gazetter organised ... Read More:
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Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Downby: Nicey, Wifey September 01, 2005 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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Nothing much to add to all the previous reviews, only to say I bought it for my sister but kept it for myself. A very funny, witty book, which I will continue to read and reread. Yes I did laugh out loud quite a few times. Read it for yourself, with a very large mug of tea.
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The Practice of Everyday Lifeby: M De Certeau December 06, 2002 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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If you are reading this review while you are sat at you desk pretending to work then this book is for you!
Read it in conjunction with Paul E Willis's 'Common Culture: Symbolic Work at Play in the Everyday Cultures of the Young' and you've finally got a political and thoretical justification for doing more or less whatever you want. >>More Details |
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The English Yearby: Steve Roud January 31, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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I applaud 'Steve' Roud for a compilation both breathtaking in its scope and eye-catching in its layout and attention to detail. I also condemn him for cynically including material that has no connection to the English year, and but for which this might have an excellent book.
Excellent it isn't, in spite of good writing, first-class illustrations (many in colour), and entries which commendably avoid the irritating brevity - sometimes no more than a paragraph or two for obsolete festivals - that often blights publications of this kind. There's the Ashen Faggot of Devon (don't ask), Whipping Toms in Leicester (it would take too long), the Bacup Coco-Nut Dancers and the Appleby Horse Fayre (this is where people on social security dress ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Black Cats and April Foolsby: Harry Oliver September 29, 2006 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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I loved this book, and enjoyed it as I enjoyed all of Mr Oliver's offerings. I received his series as a gift and have pored over the entries with interest - Harry's books are the sort you dip in and out of and never fail to learn something new from. fantastic!
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Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britainby: Simon Garfield April 07, 2005 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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This book just draws you right into this little known period right after WW2. The writings of all the diarists are so revealing of contemporary attitudes, opinions and the minutiae fo everyday life , in a way that anything written retrospectively can never be. I was absolutely fascinated and absorbed by this book.
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Living and Working in Switzerland (Living & Working in Switzerland) (Living & Working in Switzerland)by: David Hampshire September 19, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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This is a must read for anyone planning a long term visit to Switz. I have taken up an assignment in Switz for a period of 18 months and found this book very useful. It has eased my stress of visiting a new country for the first time.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilby: John Berendt June 01, 1995 Best Selling > Books > Customs |
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This is a great story - Berendt slowly draws you in by cleverly drawing the cast of quirky characters in sleepy, steamy Savannah, then springs the plot. The first half of the book feels like a set of short stories, as each chapter describes one of the key characters and sets the scene for their prejudices and behaviour in the second half (the trial).
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil is up there with To Kill a Mockingbird. Brilliant. >>More Details |
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