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Albion: The Origins of the English ImaginationAlbion: The Origins of the English Imagination by Peter Ackroyd
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Crome YellowCrome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
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Huxley's first novel is a pleasant place to start reading that brilliant career; see also Point Counter Point, After Many a Summer, Eyelass in Gaza, The Devils of Loudon...
The English: A Portrait of a PeopleThe English: A Portrait of a People by Jeremy Paxman
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What is English is a question these days - this book gives a good idea of where the argument might be...
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Vintage Classics)Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Vintage Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
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Excellent trilogy from the writer of Hangover Square & Rope; filmed wonderfully by the BBC. Oh Zoe Tapper.....
Coming Up for Air (Penguin Modern Classics)Coming Up for Air (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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This and 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' show that early Orwell was not far from those angry/deluded young men!
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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A key influence on the TV character 'Shelley', who I based most of my personality on from a young age!
Christie Malry's Own Double-EntryChristie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B S Johnson
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I don't agree with my own review of this anymore, re-reading can counter feelings of hype...
London FieldsLondon Fields by Martin Amis
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One of Amis' best books alongside Money, Time's Arrow & Experience...
Writing HomeWriting Home by Alan Bennett
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Pass the Battenburg Alan...
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning [DVD] [1960]Saturday Night And Sunday Morning [DVD] [1960]
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Them was rotten days....
Hancock: The Best Of Hancock [DVD]Hancock: The Best Of Hancock [DVD]
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The missing link between Spike Milligan, Samuel Beckett & Morrissey?
Billy Liar [DVD] [1963]Billy Liar [DVD] [1963]
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would you like to marry me and if you like you can buy the ring...
If... [VHS] [1968]If... [VHS] [1968]
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Billy Fisher's gun fantasies extended on in Lindsay Anderson's Zero de Conduite-inspired classic. Why is this not on DVD?????
Get Carter [1971] [DVD]Get Carter [1971] [DVD]
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This depicts the grim side of British life: beerguts, Newcastle folk with cockney accents, dirty landladies, & related depravity...
Pennies From Heaven [DVD] [1978]Pennies From Heaven [DVD] [1978]
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One of Potter's greatest works alongside 'Brimstone & Treacle', 'Blue Remembered Hills' & 'The Singing Detective'
Meantime [1984] [DVD]Meantime [1984] [DVD]
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Classic Mike Leigh TV-film starring Tim Roth, Phil Daniels & Gary Oldman...
Withnail And I [1986] [DVD]Withnail And I [1986] [DVD]
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....ponce!....
Prick Up Your Ears [1987] [DVD]Prick Up Your Ears [1987] [DVD]
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Great film from Stephen Frears based on the life of Joe Orton...
The Village Green Preservation SocietyThe Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
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The best-selling Kinks LP that sold nought at the time! : Sitting by the Riverside, Do You Remember Walter, Big Sky, Starstruck, Animal Farm...
Grotesque (After The Gramme)Grotesque (After The Gramme) by The Fall
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Highlights include the English Scheme, C'N'C's Mithering, Container Drivers, Leave the Capitol etc....
The Queen Is DeadThe Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
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Title from a chapter in 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' - it's either this or 'Strangeways...' as the definitive Smiths-album: Some Girls are Bigger than Others, Never Had No One Ever, The Queen is Dead...
Modern Life Is RubbishModern Life Is Rubbish by Blur
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Pity 'Turn It Up' was included and not 'Popscene', 'Never Clever' or 'Young & Lovely'!
Your ArsenalYour Arsenal by Morrissey
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Glam racket: The National Front Disco, We'll Let You Know, Seasick Yet Still Docked...London is dead though...
The Jazz AgeThe Jazz Age by Jack
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One of the highlights of the late 1990s, anyone who likes Scott Walker, Pulp or Suede should appreciate it...
The Oliver Twist ManifestoThe Oliver Twist Manifesto by Luke Haines
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Hasn't Luke Haines been quiet of late? One of the many greatest albums of all time Mr Haines has produced...