This Little Britain: How One Small Country Changed the Modern World
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Harry Bingham. This Little Britain: How One Small Country Changed the Modern World
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SHAW’S POTATO
P as in hiccough
O as in though
T as in debt
A as in neighbour
T as in pterodactyl
O as in bureau
Potato as in
DECLINING TO CONJUGATE
A WORLD OF SQUANTOS
LASHINGS OF POP
OF COWS AND BEEF
HALF-CHEWED LATIN
A WILDERNESS OF MONKEYS
THE RUSTICS OF ENGLAND
‘NO FREE MAN…’
A HANDFUL OF FEATHERS
FROM THE SAME MUD
A BETTIR LAWE
NO REMOTE IMPASSIVE GAZE
GOOD KING FRANK
A MOST STRANGE AND WONDERFULL HERRING
CLEAN HANDS, DIRTY MONEY
INVASION
THE MIGHTY MONMOUTH
HOW TO BE A SUPERPOWER
LACKING ELAN
PRESIDENT MONROE’S TROUSERS
THE FIRST SCIENTIST
EX UNGUE LEONEM
THE LAST SCIENTIST
A PAINFUL ADMISSION
RAISING WATER BY FIRE
THE HORSE, THE CAR, THE POGO STICK
COLOSSUS
WHOSE LAND?
THE MONSTER WITH 10,000 EYES
WHEAT WITHOUT DOONG
A WAVE OF GADGETS
THE FOOD OF THE PEOPLE
AND LIKE A TORRENT RUSH
THE GATES OF MERCY
THE RELUCTANT FATHER
BOMBAY DIRECT
SOLDIERS AND SLAVES
THE BRITISH WAY OF DEATH
YOBS
CLOUDS OF FECULENCE
GREEKS
VERY FINE LINEN
AGE AND LIBERTY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SOURCES
Copyright
About the Publisher
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To my beloved N
‘Teach me thy love to know;
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Summer is y-comen in,
Loude sing, cuckoo!
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