Engel's England Av Matthew Engel

A wonderfully witty and illuminating social history of post-war Britain, by the author of Engel's England and Eleven Minutes Late.

Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do...

<p>Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore - yet it is considered uncool to care about them.<br><br>...

First full examination of the medieval livery collar, form, function, and significance.