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Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England
Stuart Maconie
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Description for Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England
Paperback. Everyone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of "Daily Mail" readers, and sometimes they mean something good, like a pint of ale in a sleepy Cotswold village in summer twilight. But just where and what is Middle England? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Everyone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of Daily Mail readers, and sometimes they mean something good, like a pint of ale in a sleepy Cotswold village in summer twilight. But just where and what is Middle England? Stuart Maconie didn't know either, so he packed his Thermos and sandwiches and set off to find out...
Is Middle England about tradition and decency or closed minds and bigotry? Is it maypoles and evensong, or flooded market towns and binge drinkers in the park? And is Slough really as bad as Ricky Gervais ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091926519
SKU
V9780091926519
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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About Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie is a writer, broadcaster and journalist familiar to millions from his work in print, on radio and on TV. His previous bestsellers have included Cider with Roadies, Pies and Prejudice and Adventures on the High Teas, and he currently hosts the afternoon show on BBC 6music with Mark Radcliffe as well as weekly show The Freak Zone. Based ... Read more
Reviews for Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England
Adventures on the High Teas is magnificent: sprawling in its research, illuminating, quirky, saddening, fun, often angry and always intensely readable.
Observer
Stuart Maconie discovers whether Middle England is a place or a feeling... all described with his usual charm and wit.
Lonely Planet
Maconie's gift is finding beauty in the most unexpected places and after ... Read more
Observer
Stuart Maconie discovers whether Middle England is a place or a feeling... all described with his usual charm and wit.
Lonely Planet
Maconie's gift is finding beauty in the most unexpected places and after ... Read more