Since 2005, well over one million prospective immigrants have attempted to cement permanent residency in the UK by taking the Home Office-devised ` Life in the UK` test. With questions such as ` What is the name of the admiral who died in a sea battle in 1805 & has a monument in Trafalgar Square, London?`, it`s as dull as ditchwater & a hopelessly inadequate preparation for life as a fully functioning Brit. After all, there`s simply no point in knowing the exact span of the Hundred Years War if you don`t know about Alan Sugar, Nando`s, the rise of UKIP & the dangers of ordering half a pint. In this hilarious yet factual guide to the ins & outs of British life, popular st&-up comedian, ITV quiz show villain & fiercely proud Brit Paul Sinha guides you through the minefield. With sections on how to negotiate a pub, the joys of chicken tikka masala (and other British non-British dishes), the finer points of football fandom, British cities that hate each other, whether anyone really cares about religion, &
- of course
- how to behave in a queue, this chortlesome book is all you need if you want to call yourself a British citizen, whether you were born here or not.

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Jim & his family have halted by Dundray & the education people have been round mouthing the law. In school the Traveller kids suffer at the hands of teachers & other pupils alike, called `tinker-stinkers`, `dirty gyps` & worse. Then the punches start. The only friendly face is Kit, a settled girl who takes Jim under her wing & teaches him to read in the great cathedral chamber of the cave below the town. With Kit & the reading, Jim seems to have found a way to exist in Dundray, but everyday prejudice & a shocking act of violence see his life uprooted once again. ...

` There came the splash of water & the rub of heels as Mrs Barber stepped into the tub. After that there was a silence, broken only by the occasional echoey plink of drips from the tap...` Frances had been picturing her lodgers in purely mercenary terms
- as something like two great waddling shillings. But this, she thought, was what it really meant to have paying guests: this odd, unintimate proximity, this rather peeled-back moment, where the only thing between herself & a naked Mrs Barber was a few feet of kitchen & a thin scullery door. An image sprang into her head: that round flesh, crimsoning in the heat.` It is 1922, & London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work & the hungry are demanding change. & in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband & even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray & her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers. For with the arrival of Lilian & Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the `clerk class`, the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. And as passions mount & frustration gathers, no one can foresee just how far-reaching, & how devastating, the disturbances will be. This is vintage Sarah Waters: beautifully described with excruciating tension, real tenderness, believable characters, & surprises. It is above all a wonderful, compelling story.
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The Peak District is a remarkable area of contrasting yet compatible characters: the rolling limestone of White Peak country & the brooding, atmospheric moorland of Dark Peak terrain. The AA Guide to The Peak District gives you all you need to know to get the most out of your visit to this wonderful region. From the origins of mass rambling on Kinder Scout to the ducal home of the Devonshires at Chatsworth, each entry is packed with the very best sites to see, things to do, recommendations for eating & drinking, & places to explore nearby. With everything from local legends to must-see festivals & events, this authoritative & practical guide ensures you will never be lost for something to do. ...

A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Kinder Scout, Bleaklow, Black Hill & Ladybower Reservoir (Showing part of the National Park & Pennine Way). Edition A4; Publication date August 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Buxton, Bakewell, Matlock % Dove Dale (showing part of the Peak National Park, High Peak Trail & Tissington Trail). Edition A4; Publication date August 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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This area map shows the National Cycle Network & local routes in this area. It covers The Peak District National Park region in Engl&, including Sheffield, Chesterfield, Buxton, Rotherham, Worksop & Macclesfield. This pocket-sized colour map shows clearly mapped on-road & traffic-free paths, easy to read contours, & detailed inset maps for the major towns & cities as well as recommended linking routes connecting the NCN with quiet roads. The map also features 5 day rides with directions & a description of the area, highlighting key cycle routes & places of interest. ...

The Peak District was Britain`s first National Park & the `breathing space` for people in the great cities of the industrial north. Prehistoric man built stone circles at Stanton-in-the-Moor & Arbor Low & the Romans had garrisons here, but for many centuries the region was regarded as a `howling wilderness`, exploited by its aristocratic landlords for hunting, sheep-raising, lead-mining & the stone used to build great houses such as Chatsworth & Haddon Hall & ancient parish churches in Tideswell & Bakewell. The River Dove was the inspiration for Charles Cotton`s continuation of the Compleat Angler & the Peak`s rivers turned the wheels that drove the country`s earliest textile mills. Later, its water supplied the needs of the new cities through reservoirs at Longdendale & Derwent. Soon the Peak District was `discovered` by writers & travellers seeking an unspoilt refuge from urban life. As railways made the area more accessible, demands by walkers & climbers for greater access to the moors led to historic clashes such as the Mass Trespass of the 1930s. John Bull explores the culture & history of the two landscapes of the Dark & White Peak, which annually attract millions of visitors seeking tranquillity, spectacular beauty & a chance to visit an area where ancient traditions & cultural distinctiveness live on. ROCKS & WATER: spectacular scenery & wild moorland; caverns & chasms; mines & quarries; rain, rivers & curative spa waters. LITERARY ECHOES: Chatsworth & Jane Austen s ` Pemberley`; romantic & gothic fiction from Charlotte Bronte & Conan Doyle to Hilary Mantel. STRUGGLE & CHANGE: mill owners, child labour & factory reform; Carpenter & Ruskin; radicals & nonconformists: Wesley, Ewan Mac Coll & the Clarion Cycling & Rambling Clubs. ...

Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Kinder Scout, Bleaklow, Black Hill & Ladybower Reservoir (Showing part of the National Park & Pennine Way). Edition A4; Publication date December 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Buxton, Bakewell, Matlock % Dove Dale (showing part of the Peak National Park, High Peak Trail & Tissington Trail). Edition A4; Publication date December 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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