Iain Aitch

A somewhat irreverent look at everything British, or what defines the British, We're British, Innit is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes entries as diverse as Ants, Boudica, The Beatles, Harrods, Net Curtains, Queuing, Rhubarb and Grammar (errors of which can be found in the book). More entertaining or amusing than outright funny, it provides a pleasurable diversion; probable best taken in small doses.

It is far from a substantial book at a little over 200 pages, each encyclopaedic style entry on average occupying just over half a page of extravagantly line-spaced text. Also included is short quiz to test How British Are You, as well as an Index.

While this is clearly not the place to look for the facts, it does yet give a fairly good, if clichéd, overview of what makes the British so very British.… (mehr)