Negative Space: Great Britain
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- Ted Man Walking
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“Graham Linehan is the creator of Father Ted, a truly beloved sitcom from the UK's Channel Four. But, because he is opposed to the notion that women have penises, he was forced out of TV comedy (as ruthlessly homogeneous a world as can be found) and then out of Britain itself.”
- Britain on the Brink
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“Think of the British Isles as that poor Croat girl, and the ‘three Brits’ as the entire political elite—Tory and Labour, Reform and Sinn Féin—plus Fleet Street’s court eunuchs, who very much enjoy watching it.”
- Drowning in Lies
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I am not sure North Americans quite appreciate the centrality of public bathing in northern Europe… In Germany and Scandinavia, where far more people—even in small rural towns—live in apartments, the local municipal pool is an important feature of the summer season.
- Margaret Thatcher talks about Yes Minister
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“Caricatures succeed because there’s a grain of truth in them.”
United States politicians and pundits plan to fix flawed U.S. exit vote by rejoining Britain, returning the United States to the European Union.
I failed to understand issues of critical importance to the British people, says President. “I’ve learned my lesson.”
What is a quiet oven? How do we translate old recipes? Executive summary: 325°; very carefully. Plus, two Australian recipes for rice shortbread as a test of my theory.
The legend of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to Washington at Yorktown says that the band played “The World Turned Upside Down”. It probably didn’t. But we’re going to print the legend anyway.