How do the British rate at weddings? Greeks smash plates, jews of any nationality smash glasses, the British wear hats and get smashed. The French probably wear hats as well and look stunning. But the British wear hats as if they are handcuffs. They wear hats that you’d never see outside of a wedding, and [...]
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…that is forever England
I have been on something of an Oh England, my Lionheart cycle ride with my friend J. who leaves for Saudi any day now. I don’t think either of us realised we would be quite so immersed in Englishness, or rather an elegy to Englishness past, when we decided to go for a ride, but [...]
