A wry, often affectionate view on the English, and how to navigate our national personality. 'In England everything is typical. If your train is late, it is typ

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Why are English people so different from other Europeans? This book tries to explain the strange things that the English do and say.

This book explores how fin de siècle Britain and Britons displaced spatially-charged apprehensions about imperial decline, urban decay and unpoliced borders on