The English : a field guide / Matt Rudd.
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TextPublisher: London : William Collins, 2014Copyright date: ©2013Edition: William Collins paperback editionDescription: 310 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780007490479Subject(s): National characteristics, English | England -- Civilization -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 305.821 Summary: Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Parry and David Attenborough, we are better acquainted with the hunting rituals of the San bushmen and the mating habits of Papua New Guinean tribes than we are with the everyday lives of that most peculiar of species - the English. Now Sunday Times journalist Matt Rudd sets out to uncover what makes the English tick, examining them in their natural habitats, starting with the living room and moving out to the kitchen, the garden, the commuter train, the office, the motorway, the high street, the sports stadium, the pub, club, bingo hall, balti house, beach and ending up in the bedroom.
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Originally published: London : William Collins, 2013.
Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Parry and David Attenborough, we are better acquainted with the hunting rituals of the San bushmen and the mating habits of Papua New Guinean tribes than we are with the everyday lives of that most peculiar of species - the English. Now Sunday Times journalist Matt Rudd sets out to uncover what makes the English tick, examining them in their natural habitats, starting with the living room and moving out to the kitchen, the garden, the commuter train, the office, the motorway, the high street, the sports stadium, the pub, club, bingo hall, balti house, beach and ending up in the bedroom.
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