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Introduction

Alcopops

Ale

Allotments

Amateurism

Ants

Apologising

The Archers

Architecture

Argos

Aristocracy

ASBOS

Autumnwatch/Springwatch

Badgers

Baked beans

Bandstands

Bangers and mash

Baths

Beach huts

The Beatles

Bed and breakfast

Beefeaters

Binge drinking

Bisto

Blanket

Blitz spirit

Blue Peter

Blyton, Enid

Boat race

Bond, James

Boudica

Bowler hats

Boxing day

The BBC

Britpop

Brussels sprouts

Bulldog

Bunting

Burberry

Burns, Robert

Caravanning

Carry On

Changing the Guard

Chav

Cheese rolling

Chips with

Church bells

Churchill, Winston

Church of England

Cider

Civil service

Class

Commonwealth

Constitution

Coo-ee

Cooking lager

Cool Britannia

Corner shop

Coronation Street

Cricket

Cricket test

Crumpets

Cucumber sandwiches

Custard

Daffodils

Darwin, Charles

Deckchairs

Deep frying

Dickens, Charles

Dining at the roadside

Doctor Who

Dogging

Dogs

Dog poo

Dole

Donkeys

Double-deckers

Double entendre

Drag

Dr Martens boots

Eastenders

Eccentricity

Elgar, Edward

Empire

The English Channel

Ernie

Exploration

Faggots

Fêtes

Fish and chips

Five words

Flasks

Floral clocks

Folk music

Football

Football phone-in shows

Football pools

Fox hunting

Fried breakfast

Fried chicken

Fruitcake

Fudge

Garden fences

Gardening

The Germans

Gin and tonic

Glastonbury

Glyndebourne

Gnomes

Golf

Gossip

Grammar

Grand National

Greasy spoons

Great Britain

Green fields

Guy Fawkes Night

Hackney carriage

Haggis

Half day closing

Harrods

Harris Tweed

Having a go

Hedgerow

Holiday camps

Home internationals

Homosexuality

Hoodies

Hornbies

Horse racing

House prices

HP Sauce

Iceland

Immigration

Imperial mesaurements

Innit

Inventors

Irn Bru

It’s a Knockout

Jerusalem

Jordan

Jumble sales

Kagouls

King Henry V

King Henry VIII

Kissing

Knotted handkerchiefs

Kray twins

Languages

Lawns

Leaving the country

Limousines

Local

Loch Ness Monster

Lock-in

Lurgy

Magna Carta

Marks and Spencer

Marmalade

Marmite

Mathematical possibility

Milkman

Mini

Mini skirt

Model villages

Monarchy

Monty Python

Morris dancing

Mushy peas

Mustn’t grumble

National Anthem

National Health Service

National Lottery

National Trust

Nation of animal lovers

Nelson

Net curtains

Newsnight

Nighties

Oak trees

Old money

Ordnance Survey

Orwell, George

Ovaltine

Oxbridge

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Panic buying

Pantomime

Passport

Pasties

Pea soupers

Pebbly beaches

Perry, Fred

Pie, mash and liquor

Piers

Pies

Pigeons

Pimms

Police

Poppies

Poor service

Pork scratchings

Pot noodle

Princess Diana

Proms

Pub crawls

Public school

Pubs

Pub triples

Puddings

Punch and Judy

Punk

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen’s English

Queen Victoria

Queuing

Radio 4

Rain

Rambling

Readers’ wives

Red Arrows

Rhubarb

Richard, Cliff

Rich Tea biscuits

Roast beef

Robin Hood

Robins

Rock

Rolling hills

Rolls Royce

Rounds

Royal Mail

Royaume Uni

Rude vegetables

Rugby

St Andrew

St David

St George

St George’s flag

St Patrick

Saying hello

Schadenfreude

Scones

Seaside

Shakespeare, William

Shipping forecast

Shock jocks

Skin

Smash

Socks with sandals

Sounds of Britain

Sovereign rings

Sparrows

Spitfire

Spotters

Stag nights

Stiff upper lip

Stonehenge

Strippers

Suet

Sundays

Swinging Sixties

Tabloids

Tea

Tea (as a meal)

Teeth

Telephone boxes

Tennent’s Super

Texting

Thatcher, Margaret

Thomas, Dylan

Times crossword

Tit Tuesday

Tizer

Torremolinos

Tower of London

Town criers

Truculence

The Tube

Tunnock’s

2-Tone

Umbrellas

Understatement

Union Flag

Unswerving Optimism

VAT

Vesta

Vests

Vicars

Villages

V-sign

Wanker

War games

Warm beer

Weather

Whisky

White Cliffs of Dover

Wimbledon

Wimpy

Working men’s clubs

World War II

Xenophobia

X Factor

X-ray

Yard of ale

YBAs

Yellow lines

Y-fronts

Yobs

Zero tolerance

Z-list

Zoophilia

How British Are You?

Acknowledgements

Index

Copyright

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