Brian Titrage

The A Z of Being British (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As its cover suggests, The A to Z of Being British is an acerbic take on the state of modern Britain.

Funny, insightful and ever-so-slightly nonPC, the book is split into 70 alphabetic sections. It covers a range of topics from the generic (e.g. democracy) to the specific (e.g. Jeremy Clarkson) and from the perennial (e.g. Wimbledon) to the very topical (e.g. banks). I'm very fair in my criticism, being equally disgusted with everyone and everything that gets a mention. That hasn't stopped some from taking offence, however, so be warned - this is not a book for the fainthearted or the deeply patriotic. There are many good, kind, hardworking people of integrity in Britain, but my book isn't about them. Instead, I wrote it for them. Or to be more precise I wrote it for me, but with them in mind. Not all good, kind, hardworking people of Britain will welcome it. Some already haven't. That came as no surprise because not everyone takes a balanced view. Patriotism distorts, just as power corrupts. My book isn't fair either. It's a caricature, Britain seen grotesque in the cruelest of funfair mirrors, a counterbalance to all those people who lead our Government and our industries who aren't kind people of integrity, and who are doing very nicely thank you out of screwing the nation while telling us that Britain is still Great. Well, it isn't, and The A to Z of Being British explains in the clearest possible terms why. It's catharsis.

Enjoy!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dolman Scott Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780956430731
• Artikelnr.: 38237024

Autorenporträt

What can I say? Well, firstly, I am quite an authority on Britain. I've lived there all my life, even if in between times I've seen a few other places too. I've also seen Britain from a variety of interesting vantage points. As well as via the comprehensive education system and through the windows of a Scottish university, in between getting an education and getting a life I've cleaned carriages for British Rail, I've collected trolleys for Sainsburys and I've collected timber from the back of a moulding machine in a sawmill. Worse than all that, though, I've spent fifteen years in the UK financial services industry - and if you want to get a good view of what's wrong with modern Britain, there's no better place to see it from than that. The best thing Britain ever did for me was to give me an education. For that I am very grateful. The best thing Britain didn't give me was a Nottingham accent. I'm very grateful for that too. But I am most grateful of all to have had two parents who knew how to bring up children. There were a lot that didn't even then, and anyone who's had a close look at Britain recently certainly wouldn't take that for granted. I live in Nottingham with my long suffering wife, Joy. We've no kids, just fish and pet hates.