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MADem

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2. There is a magazine that is popular among the geezer set in UK called THIS ENGLAND.

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Original post)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 04:12 PM

Jul 2012

It is a "patriotic" magazine that comes out quarterly "for all who love our green and pleasant land."

It is full of pretty pictures of the English countryside, villages, castles and what not, with the occasional fiction, first person or "as told to" articles about events or people in recent history.... and the occasional racist editorial rant about how much better things were in the "good old days." It is very well written, though, so the racism goes down with a spoonful of sugar! It's in there, though--and rather jarring to come across after having read some smarmy, nostalgic and sentimental tale about some topic that is entirely suitable for "the family hour."

http://www.thisengland.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=10677

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British, English, Scottish - Who do you think you are? [View all] MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 OP

If the UK votes to leave the EU, will the Scots vote to leave the UK and stay in the EU? FarCenter Jul 2012 #1

We vote in 2014, on the political union. I'm not sure Whitehall will give a vote on the EU anyway.nt MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #3

Cameron to face rebellion over EU plans FarCenter Jul 2012 #7

I don't follow Westminster politics too much. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #10

They'd also need to vote dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #5

Shift+Alt+4 ikri Jul 2012 #8

I tried what you said dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #12

There is a magazine that is popular among the geezer set in UK called THIS ENGLAND. MADem Jul 2012 #2

I couldn't tell you, as a Scot, I'm not English. So I'll take your word for it. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #6

I'm not English either....I just lived over that way and am familiar with some peculiarities of the MADem Jul 2012 #19

I could tell by the title, sounds like a play on "This is England" they don't take kindly. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #22

I think it's from the Richard II speech muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #23

I'll give it a miss 'This England'. DC Thomson is a large publishing co it doesn't surprise. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #24

Geezers ? This a geezer - dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #14

That's a scream! nt MADem Jul 2012 #18

Almost everything on the Fast Show was. dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #20

Just a shame Brits still regard them as immigrants.. HipChick Jul 2012 #4

I read somewhere that people across the UK are more open than we used to be. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #11

When I think about 'British' vs 'English,' yewberry Jul 2012 #9

To me British is geographical, which has personally been superseded. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #13

I agree - mr blur Jul 2012 #15

Remember, we have very different lines of sight on this. yewberry Jul 2012 #16

Its just Identity it can mean different things to different people. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #17

So true. yewberry Jul 2012 #21