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For years, whenever I wanted to compliment someone, I’d quote the film’s famous line: “That’ll do, Pig, that’ll do.” Recently, I finally got my husband to watch the movie with me.
British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life. Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, banter, insults, self-deprecation, taboo subjects, puns, innuendo, wit, and the British class system. [1] These are often accompanied by a deadpan delivery which is present throughout the British sense of ...
England portal; Heroic legends of England.This category is intended for the Germanic legendary material that is preserved in English sources and for heroic tales developed by, or relating to, the English.
Notable catchphrases in British culture Catchphrase Character/person Media source First appearance Notes "Bernie, the bolt!" Bob Monkhouse: The Golden Shot: 1967 [1] "Ooh, you are awful ... but I like you!" Dick Emery: The Dick Emery Show: 1963 [2] "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment" Francis Urquhart: House of Cards ...
"To Richard Cotton, Esq.," composed by Geoffrey Whitney in 1586, which describes Combermere Abbey using the metaphor of a beehive, may be the earliest example. [ 3 ] Other well-known instances of the genre include Andrew Marvell 's Upon Appleton House , which describes Thomas, Lord Fairfax 's country house, where Marvell was a tutor between ...
Originally published in the British publication The European Magazine, vol. 1, no. 4, in April 1782 with lesser known stories. The Three Jovial Huntsmen: United Kingdom 1880 [101] This is the title of a picture book illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and published by George Routledge & Sons in London. The ...
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt was considered insufficiently understated in English terms. Photograph by Félix Nadar, c. 1864. This attitude of understatement was exemplified by a comment upon Sarah Bernhardt's violent depiction of Cleopatra in the 1891 play of that title: "How different, how very different, from the home life of our own dear Queen!"
Collected Stories for Children is a collection of 17 fantasy stories or original fairy tales by Walter de la Mare, first published by Faber in 1947 with illustrations by Irene Hawkins. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] De la Mare won the annual Carnegie Medal recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. [ 4 ]