Title: The country formerly known as Great Britain : writings 1989-2009 /
Authors: Jack, Ian, 1945-
Publisher: Jonathan Cape,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Great Britain History.; Great Britain Politics and government.; Great Britain Civilization.
Abstract: Takes us to a place of which there are only memories and ruins: the Great Britain that gave us the Industrial Revolution, a nation that led the world in feats of engineering, a Britain of empire, a place of vital cities, each with their own identity, a country whose residual presence can still be found in the strangest corners of the world.
Contents: The white elephant -- Unsteady people -- The rain in the West -- Revolution on a plate -- The 12.10 to Leeds -- Football -- Cherries -- Blitz spirit -- Two sheds -- The vivid present -- Women and children first -- Deluge -- Fat -- Signals at red -- Quitting -- Bus conductors I have known -- My father's bookcase -- Somewhere to call their own -- Dentists -- Girls and dolphins -- Chavs -- A seaborne disease -- Addicted -- Cured -- Serampur -- Sepia -- Ghost town -- Cousin Walter -- Klever Kaff -- Coming to London -- Sundays -- See, the workers move! -- Chimneys -- The seaside -- The best picture he ever saw.