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PG
May 9, 2008, 7:24:26 AM5/9/08
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According to the latest Rough Guide edition:
England is a nation of "overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex- and
celebrity-obsessed TV addicts".
Sounds pretty accurate to me, although there might be a couple of other
suitable, equally complimentary descriptives that could be added ;-)
Article on the BBC site:
Peter Brooks
May 9, 2008, 9:08:59 AM5/9/08
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On May 9, 1:24 pm, "PG" <p...@alpesprovence.net> wrote:
> According to the latest Rough Guide edition:
>
> England is a nation of "overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex- and
> celebrity-obsessed TV addicts".
>
Booze has been an important part of English life for many centuries -> According to the latest Rough Guide edition:
>
> England is a nation of "overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex- and
> celebrity-obsessed TV addicts".
>
Hogarth's Gin Lane has a very contemporary feel about it.
Plebvision is a bit of a blight, before then there were more
interesting things to do, whist, billiards, hunting, needlepoint,
painting, and other indoor sports:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/11/sv_victorianerotica.xml
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