From a magical mermicorn & a friendly narwhal to a puppy cupid & a panda cupcake, these cute creations are loads of fun to draw.Â
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Harry Mounts How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Dont Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts & wonderful stories.
Q. Why are English train seats so narrow?
A. Its all the Romans fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; & they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots.
For readers of Paxmans The English, Brysons Notes on a Small Island & Foxs Watching the English, this intriguing & witty book explains how our national characteristics
- our sense of humour, our hobbies, our favourite foods & our behaviour with the opposite sex
- are all defined by our nations extraordinary geography, geology, climate & weather.
You will learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand side of the road; why the Midlands became the home of the British curry. It identifies the materials that make Engl&, too: the faint pink Aberdeen granite of kerbstones; that precise English mix of air temperature, smell & light that hits you the moment you touch down at Heathrow