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You are what you think about. I am a bar of soap.

Lewis Schaffer wrote 4 hours ago: 6 PM Monday 28 May 2012 Nunhead Heights L’Oreal thing-a-majig for keep soap from getting messy … more →

Tags: Life In Britain, Psychology, "a man is what he thinks about", attorneys, English, Getting Along?, Inventions, lodgers, `MuShY`

Half-a-pants and Irish swearing

niceirishlady wrote 6 days ago: Sun! It can only mean one thing in our house – the outing of the ‘half-a-pants’ to … more →

Tags: Irishness, Irish swearing, SWEARING, Capri pants

It's a closed shop Guvnor ! 1 comment

Andy Greaves wrote 1 week ago: While the wife pondered over whether to conduct her weekly inspection of our beehives in this unseas … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, News, Opinion, The Dog's Bowl, Opinion, humour, Street Photography, England

The Daphne du Maurier Literary Festival 2012

aestheticsandtheacademic wrote 1 week ago: Just returned from the Daphne du Maurier festival in Fowey, Cornwall.   I gave a talk in the wonderf … more →

Tags: Architecture Design, Architecture, medievalism, Classicism, du maurier festival

Lovely hurling (or tribalism starts at two)

niceirishlady wrote 2 weeks ago: The sun shone yesterday. Yes, I know, unbelievable (or grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unpreced … more →

Tags: Irishness, hurling, tipperary, lovely hurling, Tribalism

New music videos from 1D and Ed Sheeran.

popgb wrote 2 weeks ago: Brace yourselves ladies. What do you get when you cross a splash of Irishness, a dash of Englishness … more →

Tags: One Direction, Irish, New Videos, Ed Sheeran, Music, Video, Entertainment, Sheeran

May Day Rally 1 comment

Andy Greaves wrote 2 weeks ago: Click to view slideshow. … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Opinion, The Dog's Bowl, Opinion, Street Photography, England, british photography, People

My ramblings for the Irish Times Generation Emigration blog (or why I shouldn't be allowed out of Ireland)

niceirishlady wrote 2 weeks ago: They drink green tea in Ireland, and other misinterpretations « Generation Emigration. … more →

Tags: Irishness, misinterpretations

like an Eygptian

Andy Greaves wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve had a wonderful morning down in Chesterfield  at the annual May Day Parade. Made lots of … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Opinion, The Dog's Bowl, Opinion, humour, Street Photography, England, british photography

Brown bread and chipsticks2 comments

niceirishlady wrote 3 weeks ago: I spent last weekend in Cork at my old friend Anita’s hen party. We’ve known each other … more →

Tags: Irishness, chipsticks, soda bread, Brown bread, Soda bread, Cork, cafe paradiso, freakscene

UKIP is giving Englishness the voice it craves5 comments

englishwarrior wrote 4 weeks ago: UKIP is giving Englishness the voice it craves Vernon Bogdanor Times Published at 12:01AM, April 30 … more →

Tags: Uncategorized 2, English Parliament, UKIP

No Pressure

Andy Greaves wrote 1 month ago: The ridiculously nice Nick Lockett purveyor of fine images ( he used to work for Carlton TV and has … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Opinion, The Dog's Bowl, Opinion, humour, Street Photography, Photographers Place, England

death on the road 2 comments

Andy Greaves wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: Photography, Art, Opinion, The Dog's Bowl, Opinion, Street Photography, England, british photography, derbyshire

Interview with Professor Michael Banton

kseegobin wrote 1 month ago: SEN Journal: Online Exclusives is delighted to bring you an exclusive interview with Emeritus Profes … more →

Tags: exclusive interviews, General, 2012 asen conference, Anthony Smith, coethnicity, durkheim social capital, James Habyarimana, Michael Skey, Nationalism

The making of a treatise on "Englishness": Reflections on "St George's Day"

devilisinthedetail wrote 1 month ago: View over the Croquet Lawn taken on eve of St George's Day at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's Kent ho … more →

Tags: Popular Culture, politics and society, What it means to be english, St George's Day, winston churchill, Society, Politics

Interview with Dr. Michael Skey

kseegobin wrote 1 month ago: As part of SEN Journal Online Exclusives’ new theme of focus, ‘Banal Xenophobia in 21st … more →

Tags: exclusive interviews, banal nationalism, banal xenophobia, British identity, cosmopolitanism, dr. michael skey, Football, immigrants in britain, michael billlig

We Need an English Day - But Not This One

James Byrne wrote 1 month ago: It’s that time of year again. Every time the 23rd April rolls around a familiar story unfolds. … more →

Tags: St George's Day, England, Patriotism, Nationalism, Magna Carta

Ah, it could be worse - we could be Greece

niceirishlady wrote 1 month ago: Ah, it could be worse – we could be Greece. … more →

Tags: Irishness

Poem 'The Country' (for England)42 comments

dfb wrote 1 month ago: “Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget; For we are the people of England, that … more →

Tags: Art, Painting, Poetry, English, Oil Painting, landscape painting, Seascapes, Digital Art, History


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