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Roz Chast recommended Bleak House in Books (curated)

"Great characters. A hilarious, biting satire of the British justice system. Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce! Miss Flite and her birds! And for illness buffs, there’s smallpox!"

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Robert Iger recommended Horatio Hornblower Series in Books (curated)

"A classic, multi-volume, historically accurate sea saga about the British Navy in the 19th Century. I tore through all eleven of them in three months!"

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ace_in_space (38 KP) rated Global Pillage in Podcasts

Jul 12, 2018

Global Pillage

Comedy

10

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Podcast Rating

British comedy panel show about diversity

It's like a normal British comedy panel show, bit they let women, and brown people, and queer folks in! If you want to listen to hilarious people try to guess customs and idioms from across the world, this is the show for you. Just don't listen if you don't want to laugh like crazy for 40 minutes straight.

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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated City of Djinns: A Year In Delhi in Books

Aug 13, 2018

This is a very different kind of travel writing. Not only is there experience, but there is also a lot of history and so much can be learnt about the colonisation of India by the British and what happened after the British left. There are moments when experiences tug of your heartstrings, make you mad and make you happy. It's written very well, and highly recommended.

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Cat Stevens recommended A Salty Dog by Procol Harum in Music (curated)

A Salty Dog by Procol Harum

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Album Favorite

"They were a contemporary of mine and were the British equivalent of The Band. They were incredibly original with songs that still sound good today. I record very few covers, but one of them is on my new album – a Gary Brooker and Keith Reid song called The Devil Came From Kansas. I just wanted to pay a tribute to a great British band."

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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated This Is England (2007) in Movies

Dec 3, 2019 (Updated Dec 3, 2019)

This Is England (2007)

2007 | International, Drama

10

7.8

(10 Ratings)

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A British film that actually got recognition (0 more)

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British classic

Unless it's a comedy, British films often don't get the recognition they deserve. This did. Friends in the State's were messeging me saying they have seen it.

The unscripted acting was warm when it needed to be and tense when it needed to be. It shine a light on Thatcher's Britain, divided and angry, a but like today. It's not always easy to watch but at the same time there is recognition of anyone who lived through this period.

So good it spawned a TV series, This Is England is one of Britain's best.

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Dean (6921 KP) rated Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) in Movies

Aug 30, 2017

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Can everyone stop getting shot?

A British comedy/action film about east London gangsters getting in trouble over two stolen guns. Very funny at times.

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Kevin Phillipson (9943 KP) rated Cockneys vs Zombies (2013) in Movies

Dec 10, 2018

Cockneys vs Zombies (2013)

2013 | International, Comedy, Horror

6

7.4

(8 Ratings)

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Run of the mill British zombie movie with cockneys it's not great film by any means gory in places zombies look good but that's about it

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John Waters recommended Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant in Books (curated)

Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant

Philip Hoare | 1990 | Art, Photography & Fashion, Biography, History & Politics

(0 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"Aubrey Beardsley, Ronald Firbank, Denton Welch – believe me this ultimate British eccentric made them all seem butch. It’s a crime this book has gone out of print."

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