Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English. By Ben Yagoda. Princeton University Press; 288 pages; $24.95 and £20 British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into ...
“The British are coming,” trumpeted Chariots Of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland infamously at the 1982 Oscars. In truth “the British” were already there. They’d been making movies for ...
Radio 2 listeners have crowned their favourite British band - with an unsurprising fab four taking the number one spot in the Your Ultimate British Group poll. The vote gave listeners the ...
From BAFTA and Oscar winners to underappreciated gems that deserve your attention, these are the best British movies of 2024. We celebrate this year's British cinema in this list of must-see ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What is British culture anyway? It’s something that both Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have struggled ...
One of the most competitive cases of one upmanship in music history and how it led to a near 40 year wait for a response 🏄♂️ 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of The British Invasion and ...