British Culture

The Art of Being British is your hilariously insightful guide to mastering the quirks, customs, and glorious contradictions of British life. Whether you’re moving to England, visiting the UK, or marrying a Brit, this laugh-out-loud book is the perfect crash course in understanding what makes Britain so wonderfully peculiar.

'A rare writer with the courage to tell Britain some home truths about itself and where it's headed. A much needed book'. - Ian Dunt 'What Britain needs at the moment is not to be talked up or talked down, but simply a sense of itself that's underpinned by clarity and honesty... This is exactly...

A bracing, clear-eyed tour of America through British eyes, As An Englishman Sees It weighs the promise and perils of a nation in the wake of war and on the cusp of modernity. Henry L. Stuart begins with a striking scene in Paris and expands it into a provocative thesis: the United States and...

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and...

Bloomsbury presents Seriously British, an ode to the beauty, uniqueness and heritage of Britain, written and read by the UK’s favourite Frenchie, Fred Sirieix. Perfect lawn stripes Crisps in sandwiches Barbeques in the rain Not making a fuss Cold pints in a beer garden These are a few of Fred...

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and...

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and...

How do myths and stories influence culture? What is the difference between one culture and another, and how did these differences come to be? Are cultures fixed or do they change over time?Devdutt Pattanaik, India's leading mythologist, breaks down the complex maze of stories, symbols and...

Punk started much earlier than we think: enter the seductive subculture created by three rebellious boys navigating the sparkling world of the Elizabethan court Three young noblemen – heirs to some of the greatest titles in the land – come of age under the watchful eye of William Cecil, the...

'The pride in who we are is not part of our past, it defines our present and our future' - The Queen From Big Ben to James Bond, from the Battle of Hastings to the Beatles, from William Shakespeare to the Royal Family, our tiny island nation has a famed and varied history. But we are special as...

Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances "Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian Faulks Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this...