100 posts related to England, like.

boltonbonce wrote:Peter Tinniswood. Brilliantly funny writer.

Brilliant indeed.

Still got it on tape.

Graham Greene and John Le Carre.

Read 'em all.

Breadman wrote:Graham Greene and John Le Carre.

Read 'em all.

Great stuff. Just bought the Tinker tailor/smiley's people DVD's. That was an era when the BBC produced quality drama,and wasn't obsessed with the ratings.

Robb Wilton.

boltonbonce wrote:

Breadman wrote:Graham Greene and John Le Carre.

Read 'em all.

Great stuff. Just bought the Tinker tailor/smiley's people DVD's. That was an era when the BBC produced quality drama,and wasn't obsessed with the ratings.

Get in!!

I watched the new Tinker film when it came out and immediately re-visited the BBC series that introduced me to it in the first place when I watched it with my Dad way back when. 

Thankyou Amazon.

And I read all the books again.

I actually shed a tear when I finished them.

Just read The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell because a mate of mine said to me that it's like "Le Carre: Lite" - Le Carre but you don't have to think so hard about what you've just read to work out what's going on.

And I've just learnt that there's a BBC4 series with Kenneth Brannagh starring in it as Kurt Wallender.

Fuck you X-Factor, my Saturday nights are sorted for a bit !

We have won the World Cup.

1966.

Breadman wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:

Breadman wrote:Graham Greene and John Le Carre.

Read 'em all.

Great stuff. Just bought the Tinker tailor/smiley's people DVD's. That was an era when the BBC produced quality drama,and wasn't obsessed with the ratings.

Get in!!

I watched the new Tinker film when it came out and immediately re-visited the BBC series that introduced me to it in the first place when I watched it with my Dad way back when. 

Thankyou Amazon.

And I read all the books again.

I actually shed a tear when I finished them.

Just read The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell because a mate of mine said to me that it's like "Le Carre: Lite" - Le Carre but you don't have to think so hard about what you've just read to work out what's going on.

And I've just learnt that there's a BBC4 series with Kenneth Brannagh starring in it as Kurt Wallender.

Fuck you X-Factor, my Saturday nights are sorted for a bit !

Just re-read 'Epitaph for a spy' by Eric Ambler. If you haven't already read it Breaders,it's a cracking good yarn.

I like England because...

...having been beaten by the Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Vikings, Normans and now the Americans, England is a shining beacon of racial integration, cultural harmony, diversification and tolerance. It makes me proud to be a mongrel  British.

We're not doing too well here, are we?

There must be more than 53 reasons to be proud of being English.

Proper breakfasts, there's one.

+1.

Tim Berners-Lee

Great call.

Without him I'd have to go back to stealing porno mags from the corner shop.

Sir Ian Botham.

Breadman wrote:Great call.

Without him I'd have to go back to stealing porno mags from the corner shop.

I had to make do with the corsetry section of the littlewoods catalogue! 

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

Sluffy wrote:This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

You bin drinkin Sluff?