Hello lovely Flist - I'm just tidying up my Britpicking resources. I'll tuck them all under the LJ cut and let you know when I add any more.

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Ranting

It's been a while since I did a Britpick resource post, for which I apologise. Real life caught up with me, as it is wont to do. Anyway, for what it is worth, here is a Britpick resource post that explores the dark, hairy, pimply underbelly of British peevishness: the comedy rant.

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Breakfast with the Brits - a Brit-Picking Resource

By popular demand, this month’s Brit-pick theme invites you to break your fast with the Brits. Being a heterogeneous bunch, whose eating patterns are determined by oddities of inclination, class and regional origin, the Brits have an eclectic collection of dining habits. This particular ( Read more... )

By which I mean that, although I know that, like religion, sport is life-alteringly important to a lot of people, unfortunately I totally fail to see the point. I go out of my way to avoid it. On those occasions-christenings, marriages, funerals, Wimbledon Finals day, the Oxford and Cambridge boat race-when it is impossible to avoid religion or ( Read more... )

DrunkSo. You’re contemplating writing a story in which Arthur and Merlin get rat-arsed. Paralytic. Obliterated. Annihilated. Off their heads. But you’re not quite sure how to describe their state of inebriation. Have no fear, the Brits are here-to offer you advice on the subtle distinctions along the scale from being merely tipsy, through ( Read more... )