The English : A Portrait of a People (Paperback)

from soliloquies

An amusing look at the upper echelons of the English. It was fairly easy to read, but it did lack a general framework - it was more of a meander through Paxman's mind than a detailed study. There were huge chunks of English society missing, after all the English aren't just upper class public sch...

from MiaCulpa

The first time I ever came across Jeremy Paxman was in a Calgary bookshop where I saw "The English" for sale. The front cover promised laughs a plenty so I threw caution to the wind and bought it. I did not laugh once while reading this book; indeed I have trouble remembering if I smiled at all. ...

from brianclegg

I don't particularly like it, but it's hard to say exactly why. I suppose part of the problem is that our Jeremy can't help going into sneer mode occasionally (anyone who has seen him on TV knows exactly what such a Jeremy sneer looks like). Take this comment about the English and food: 'For the ...

from jcbrunner

Paxman's portrait of a people fails to include a large bunch of them. In fact, he mainly talks about upper class country squires. His England is the England of Country Life, the England that defeated the Nazis and seeks to preserve the Book of Common Prayer. He fails to mention or discuss that mo...

from jcbrunner

Paxman's portrait of a people fails to include a large bunch of them. In fact, he mainly talks about upper class country squires. His England is the England of Country Life, the England that defeated the Nazis and seeks to preserve the Book of Common Prayer. He fails to mention or discuss that mo...