Title & Author:

British greats.

Publication:

London : Cassell, 2000.

Description:

263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The defeat of the Spanish Armada / John Elliott -- Arthurian legends / John Gillingham -- The poetry of W.H. Auden / Ruth Padel -- The novels of Jane Austen / Nigel Nicolson -- The battle of Britain / Len Deighton -- The BBC / Paul Fox -- The beano and the dandy / Joseph Connolly -- The British Bobby / Frances Fyfield -- Burns night / David Steel -- Chaucer's Canterbury tales / Terry Jones -- The Cavendish Laboratory / Brian Pippard -- Winston Churchill's 1940 speeches / Andrew Roberts -- The City of London / David Kynaston -- A classical education / Frederic Raphael -- The corner shop / Shyama Perera -- The English country house and garden / John Harris -- The works of Charles Dickens / Peter Ackroyd -- The Ealing comedies / Alexander Walker -- The Edinburgh festival / Ian Rankin -- The music of Edward Elgar / Michael Kennedy -- The British empire / Brian Moynahan -- The voyage of the Endurance / Stephen Venables -- The English language / Melvyn Bragg -- The decoding of Enigma / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore -- Fish and chips / Rick Stein -- The Forth Bridge / Kevin McCloud -- British humour / Howard Jacobson -- The Industrial Revolution / Sally Dugan -- James Bond / Joseph Connolly -- Trial by jury / Clive Anderson -- Kew Gardens / Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall -- Keynesian economics / Will Hutton -- The London taxi / Stephen Bayley -- The longbows of Agincourt / Robert Hardy -- Longitude / Robin Knox-Johnston -- Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical ballads / Neil Wenborn -- Magna Carta / Asa Briggs -- Welsh male voice choirs / Neil Kinnock -- Mallory and Irvine's bid to climb Everest / Stephen Venables -- The mini Minor / Stirling Moss -- The miniskirt / Mary Quant -- The monarchy / John Grigg -- The martyrdom of Thomas More / Peter Ackroyd -- The introduction of the National Health Service / Barbara Castle -- Newton's laws / John Gribbin -- Darwin's Origin of species / Richard Dawkins -- Oxbridge / Simon Heffer -- The Oxford English Dictionary / Simon Winchester -- The palace of Westminster / John Cole -- The English parish church / Simon Jenkins -- The discovery of penicillin / Thomas Stuttaford -- Pets / Julie Burchill -- The proms / James Naughtie -- The pub / Rowan Pelling -- Punk / Ian Rankin -- Queuing / Shyama Perera -- The red telephone box / Andrew Graham-Dixon -- Robin Hood / Ruth Padel -- Salisbury Cathedral close / Edward Heath -- The saturday afternoon football results / Michael Palin -- The Savile Row suit / Judith Watt -- Captain Scott's last expedition / Fergus Fleming -- The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper / Hunter Davies -- The plays of William Shakespeare / Anthony Holden -- The abolition of the slave trade / Hugh Thomas -- The sleeper to Scotland / James Naughtie -- Teatime / Jane Pettigrew -- Theatreland / Ned Sherrin -- The poems of Dylan Thomas / Paul Ferris -- The letters page of the Times / John Grigg -- The Battle of Trafalgar / Andrew Lambert -- The Turf / Richard Dunwoody -- The works of Turner / Andrew Graham-Dixon -- The London Underground map / Terence Conran -- Village cricket / Mihir Bose -- An obsession with the weather / Ray Connolly -- Whisky / Charles MacLean -- The world of Wodehouse / David Gilmour.

Summary:

"British Greats is a roll-call of some of the things that make up our image of Britain. In a series of beautifully illustrated essays, some of the leading figures in our national life take a lively, personal and often provocative look at events, achievements and ideas that have helped to shape our sense of what it means to be British." "Among them are inventions such as the longbows of Agincourt, trial by jury, and the London cab. There are cultural artefacts such as The Canterbury Tales, the letters page of The Times, and the Ealing comedies. There are key events - the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the abolition of slavery, the voyage of the Endurance. There are essays too on such quintessentially British pastimes as queuing, teatime and our obsession with pets. And of course there is the British weather."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0304356085
9780304356089

Subject:

Civilization
Aufsatzsammlung
Geschichte
Kultur
Landeskunde
Engelsen.
Nationale kenmerken.
Volkskarakter.
Beeldvorming.
Great Britain Civilization.
Great Britain Social life and customs.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation.
Great Britain
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229825
Call No.: DA110 .B85 2000
Status: Available