50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain
By Mark Thomas
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
50 THINGS ABOUT US is a fast and furiously funny journey through our national memory. It's about money, history, songs, gongs, wigs, unicorns, guns, bungs, sods of soil and rich fuckers.
'Patriotism is often the point where history and advertising intersect, and it was that brand of nationalism that Rees-Mogg and Johnson attempted to sell. It is a brand that can only hark backwards; a nostalgic nationalism built on half histories and wishes … The kind of patriotism where the poetry of John Betjeman sits alongside blaming migrants for TB.
'But that is not our story. In fact, it is far from the narrative so many of us are a part of.'
From self-deceptions on size, stature and space (clue: there's more than enough for everyone if we lose the golf courses) to the living links between empire, slavery, money and power, this is Mark Thomas' quest to remind us of the true and shared greatness of modern Britain.
Structured as a list of fifty crucial 'Things', and fresh from a lock-down spent interviewing hundreds of NHS workers for the Wellcome Collection permanent archive, this is Mark Thomas at his provocative, passionate best.
Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas is the founder and president of Escoute Consulting, an IT governance consultancy focusing on helping enterprises realise benefits through risk and resource optimisation. As a nationally known ITIL and COBIT expert with more than 20 years of professional experience, Mark’s background spans leadership roles from data centre chief information officer (CIO) to management and IT consulting. Mark has led large teams in outsourced IT arrangements, conducted project management office (PMO), service management and governance activities for major project teams, and managed enterprise applications implementations across multiple industries. Mark has an array of industry experience in the healthcare, finance, manufacturing, services, high technology and government verticals. When he’s not travelling, Mark lives with his family in the Kansas City, MO, area and claims to be a ‘certified’ barbeque judge in his spare time.
Read more from Mark Thomas
Mastering Knife Skills: The Essential Guide to the Most Important Tools in Your Kitchen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Criminal Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAl Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook: More Than 125 Recipes for Family Celebrations All Year Long Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pragmatic Application of Service Management: The Five Anchor Approach Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings99%: How We've Been Screwed and How to Fight Back Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReact in Action Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProcrastination Cure: How to Stop Procrastinating and Get What You Want in Life Now Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Call From Purgatory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Times Like These: Scene & Heard: Graphic Reports of Modern Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings100 Acts of Minor Dissent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete CEO: The Executive's Guide to Consistent Peak Performance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Liar's Quartet: Bravo Figaro!, Cuckooed, The Red Shed - Playscripts, Notes and Commentary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to 50 Things About Us
Related ebooks
50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOttawa and Empire: Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Old Knuckleduster: A Biography of David Davis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInsanity Fair Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou are the beef! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Restless Generation: How Rock Music Changed the Face of 1950s Britain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rendezvous with Oblivion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radiohead FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Most Famous Cult Band Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cover to Cover Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not Just For This Life: Gough Whitlam Remembered Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBobby In Naziland: A Tale of Flatbush Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings30 Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair’s War (Text Only) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Country: Stories, Essays & Speeches Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brexit: A Haiku Diary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow I Left The National Grid: A Post-Punk Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fictional 100: Ranking the Most Influential Characters in World Literature and Legend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrexit: The Establishment Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Awful Truth: My adventures with Australia's most notorious tabloid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crazy Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarack and Michelle Obama: Biography of the Ultimate Power Couple Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThoreau's Walden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Stephen Holmes & Ivan Krastev's The Light That Failed Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYes: The Radical Case for Scottish Independence Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Labour and working-class lives: Essays to celebrate the life and work of Chris Wrigley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDanny Dyer: East End Boy: The Unauthorized Biography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove In The Time Of Britpop Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe Danced On Our Desks: Brilliance and backstabbing at the Sixties' most influential magazine Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Sonic Assassin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings14 Fun Facts About the Galilean Moons of Jupiter: A 15-Minute Book, Educational Version Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Humor & Satire For You
The Screwtape Letters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swamp Story: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Fun Personality Quizzes: Who Are You . . . Really?! Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mindful As F*ck: 100 Simple Exercises to Let That Sh*t Go! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Other Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best F*cking Activity Book Ever: Irreverent (and Slightly Vulgar) Activities for Adults Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Soulmate Equation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious People: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Big Swiss: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Go the F**k to Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Favorite Half-Night Stand Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best Joke Book (Period): Hundreds of the Funniest, Silliest, Most Ridiculous Jokes Ever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for 50 Things About Us
0 ratings0 reviews