#britishness — Public Fediverse posts

"That mockery of pomp, deflation of status, and saying what’s uncomfortable. It is a comedy directed at the powerful, and I instinctively place that as something I call “British.” ...The pride arises from my imagined common identity with the kind of attitude and behaviour Gervais is engaged in. It is a story about an “us” that I feel is being embodied by him. But the emotion arrives without analysis: a flash of identification with a national characteristic I like. ... I think we can be grateful, positive and proud of what and who we truly are, while not confusing and belittling ourselves with dishonest boasting about our country. ..."
https://jembendell.com/2026/03/05/make-patriotism-great-again-some-ideas-from-a-british-guy-abroad/
#Britishness #patriotism

Edward White's "Dianaworld" describes the obsession many fans had & continue to have with "the people's princess", Diana - tracing the emotional aspects of her enduring appeal, giving the perspectives of the people who felt it themselves

#CelebrityCulture #FanStudies #Britishness #CulturalStudies

Dear Friends in the the #UK, :agummyhug:

Very pleased about the good news, which as you know does happen. Maybe if only on a personal level:

1) Did a lot of mantra through the night to the feminine principle (nothing to do with a head mistress)

2) Watched "The Brothers Grimsby'' which for some reason had very poor reviews. We laffed almost incessantly. #Outrageous spoof Bond movie. Maybe it's #Britishness is not to all (bad/crude) tastes

3) Very pleased that my concentration is returning. It maybe due to extra #Meditation. Maybe doing some #OpenUniversity courses will help further

4) Now have quite a selection of computer options, OS options and many leads to a better #Cyberverse. #Hopeful

5) Was very pleased that antipasti and antifascist are not for aunties or indeed related

Have a great day everyone. Remember your roots are not just for dyeing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow

Dear Friends in the the #UK, :agummyhug:

Very pleased about the good news, which as you know does happen. Maybe if only on a personal level:

1) Did a lot of mantra through the night to the feminine principle (nothing to do with a head mistress)

2) Watched "The Brothers Grimsby'' which for some reason had very poor reviews. We laffed almost incessantly. #Outrageous spoof Bond movie. Maybe it's #Britishness is not to all (bad/crude) tastes

3) Very pleased that my concentration is returning. It maybe due to extra #Meditation. Maybe doing some #OpenUniversity courses will help further

4) Now have quite a selection of computer options, OS options and many leads to a better #Cyberverse. #Hopeful

5) Was very pleased that antipasti and antifascist are not for aunties or indeed related

Have a great day everyone. Remember your roots are not just for dyeing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow

Dear Friends in the the #UK, :agummyhug:

Very pleased about the good news, which as you know does happen. Maybe if only on a personal level:

1) Did a lot of mantra through the night to the feminine principle (nothing to do with a head mistress)

2) Watched "The Brothers Grimsby'' which for some reason had very poor reviews. We laffed almost incessantly. #Outrageous spoof Bond movie. Maybe it's #Britishness is not to all (bad/crude) tastes

3) Very pleased that my concentration is returning. It maybe due to extra #Meditation. Maybe doing some #OpenUniversity courses will help further

4) Now have quite a selection of computer options, OS options and many leads to a better #Cyberverse. #Hopeful

5) Was very pleased that antipasti and antifascist are not for aunties or indeed related

Have a great day everyone. Remember your roots are not just for dyeing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow

Dear Friends in the the #UK, :agummyhug:

Very pleased about the good news, which as you know does happen. Maybe if only on a personal level:

1) Did a lot of mantra through the night to the feminine principle (nothing to do with a head mistress)

2) Watched "The Brothers Grimsby'' which for some reason had very poor reviews. We laffed almost incessantly. #Outrageous spoof Bond movie. Maybe it's #Britishness is not to all (bad/crude) tastes

3) Very pleased that my concentration is returning. It maybe due to extra #Meditation. Maybe doing some #OpenUniversity courses will help further

4) Now have quite a selection of computer options, OS options and many leads to a better #Cyberverse. #Hopeful

5) Was very pleased that antipasti and antifascist are not for aunties or indeed related

Have a great day everyone. Remember your roots are not just for dyeing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow

Putting flags up on random lamp-posts is still really fashionable in the #UK at the moment

People doing it say that it's a celebration of being #british and _definitely_ not a poorly concealed attempt to make anyone feel unwelcome.

So, I think I'm going to get into the spirit and order some #flags.

After all, what could be a better celebration of #britishness than putting a #MrBlobby flag up next to every St George's cross that I see?

Wonder if they do bulk discount:

https://printerval.com/uk/mr-blobby-creepy-clown-vintage-house-flags-mr-blobby-house-flags-blobby-house-flags-p4340581

Sir Walter Scott’s WAVERLEY

Currently on BBC Sounds: Rana Mitter on the writer & the books which “conjured up a portrait of the British as an effortlessly multicultural people… uniquely qualified to take on the world” – with Jenni Calder, Robert Crawford, & Andrew Lincoln

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #Romanticism #19thcentury #CulturalStudies #Britain #Britishness

6/8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04dr39q

More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/28/more-than-half-of-tory-members-in-poll-say-islam-a-threat-to-british-way-of-life

#Tories
#Islamaphobia
#Islam
#Muslims
#Britishness
#Opinium
#ConspiracyTheories
#ShariaLaw
#HopeNotHate
#GBNews
#Islamists
#Sunak
#30pLee
#Anderson
#Braverman
#ProPalestinianMarches
#Immigrants
#Xenophobia
#AntiImmigrant

More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/28/more-than-half-of-tory-members-in-poll-say-islam-a-threat-to-british-way-of-life

#Tories
#Islamaphobia
#Islam
#Muslims
#Britishness
#Opinium
#ConspiracyTheories
#ShariaLaw
#HopeNotHate
#GBNews
#Islamists
#Sunak
#30pLee
#Anderson
#Braverman
#ProPalestinianMarches
#Immigrants
#Xenophobia
#AntiImmigrant

More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/28/more-than-half-of-tory-members-in-poll-say-islam-a-threat-to-british-way-of-life

#Tories
#Islamaphobia
#Islam
#Muslims
#Britishness
#Opinium
#ConspiracyTheories
#ShariaLaw
#HopeNotHate
#GBNews
#Islamists
#Sunak
#30pLee
#Anderson
#Braverman
#ProPalestinianMarches
#Immigrants
#Xenophobia
#AntiImmigrant

More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/28/more-than-half-of-tory-members-in-poll-say-islam-a-threat-to-british-way-of-life

#Tories
#Islamaphobia
#Islam
#Muslims
#Britishness
#Opinium
#ConspiracyTheories
#ShariaLaw
#HopeNotHate
#GBNews
#Islamists
#Sunak
#30pLee
#Anderson
#Braverman
#ProPalestinianMarches
#Immigrants
#Xenophobia
#AntiImmigrant

More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/28/more-than-half-of-tory-members-in-poll-say-islam-a-threat-to-british-way-of-life

#Tories
#Islamaphobia
#Islam
#Muslims
#Britishness
#Opinium
#ConspiracyTheories
#ShariaLaw
#HopeNotHate
#GBNews
#Islamists
#Sunak
#30pLee
#Anderson
#Braverman
#ProPalestinianMarches
#Immigrants
#Xenophobia
#AntiImmigrant

'A Disunited Kingdom? For Younger Minorities, Britishness is an Identity We Can Work With – A Quest for Englishness Must Confront This’ – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/12/22/a-disunited-kingdom-for-younger-minorities-britishness-is-an-identity-we-can-work-with-a-quest-for-englishness-must-confront-this/

#DisunitedKingdom
#Minorities
#Identity
#Englishness
#Britishness

'A Disunited Kingdom? For Younger Minorities, Britishness is an Identity We Can Work With – A Quest for Englishness Must Confront This’ – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/12/22/a-disunited-kingdom-for-younger-minorities-britishness-is-an-identity-we-can-work-with-a-quest-for-englishness-must-confront-this/

#DisunitedKingdom
#Minorities
#Identity
#Englishness
#Britishness

'A Disunited Kingdom? For Younger Minorities, Britishness is an Identity We Can Work With – A Quest for Englishness Must Confront This’ – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/12/22/a-disunited-kingdom-for-younger-minorities-britishness-is-an-identity-we-can-work-with-a-quest-for-englishness-must-confront-this/

#DisunitedKingdom
#Minorities
#Identity
#Englishness
#Britishness

'A Disunited Kingdom? For Younger Minorities, Britishness is an Identity We Can Work With – A Quest for Englishness Must Confront This’ – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/12/22/a-disunited-kingdom-for-younger-minorities-britishness-is-an-identity-we-can-work-with-a-quest-for-englishness-must-confront-this/

#DisunitedKingdom
#Minorities
#Identity
#Englishness
#Britishness

'A Disunited Kingdom? For Younger Minorities, Britishness is an Identity We Can Work With – A Quest for Englishness Must Confront This’ – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/12/22/a-disunited-kingdom-for-younger-minorities-britishness-is-an-identity-we-can-work-with-a-quest-for-englishness-must-confront-this/

#DisunitedKingdom
#Minorities
#Identity
#Englishness
#Britishness

Editorial: 'Clause IV on steroids': what does Starmer's speech tell us about his project? | Morning Star
#Starmer
#Labour
#ClauseFour
#Clause4
#Clause4OnSteriods
#Tories
#Britishness
#BritishWayOfLife
#StatusQuo
#NHS
#Cornwall
#Cotswolds
#NewLabour
#PublicOwnership
#Socialism
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/clause-iv-steroids-what-does-starmers-speech-tell-us-about-his-project

Ryan Coogan: It might be rude of protesters to try to disrupt the coronation – but I’d die in the last ditch for their right to do so | The Independent
#Protestors
#Coronation
#Britishness
#Democracy
#British
#Republic
#AntiMonarchy
#ProtestGroups
#PublicNuisance
#ProtestBans
#PublicOrderBill
#King
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronation-police-king-charles-protest-b2333836.html

Pub Mate: "It's the twisted dishonesty that characterises the actuality of 'Britishness' that disappoints me most about us Brits, especially the English. What a thing to be famous for. We try to sell it as 'diplomacy' but the rest of the world see us as cheats and liars - truth-twisters par excellence".

Nail. Head. (IMO)

#uk #britishness #cheats #liars

Ten Foods to Have with Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea is an institution in the United Kingdom.  More than just a hot cuppa in mid-afternoon, it’s more like a light meal in which tea is just one item being served.  If you take afternoon tea in someone’s home or at a tea house, you’re going to have the option to fill yourself with plenty of sweet and savory items that go well wi

https://anglotopia.net/british-identity/ten-foods-to-have-with-afternoon-tea/

#BritishFood #Britishness #Tea

There's only one way to celebrate getting home after a long trip...

#tea #britishness #Fosdem2023 #cfgmgmtcamp