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British intellectual life today.
French intellectuals are often vain; German intellectuals are notoriously obscure; British intellectuals are merely embarrassed. But are they embarrassed to be British, or embarrassed to call themselves intellectuals? Unlike other Europeans or, for that matter, Americans, the British have traditionally tended to be self-deprecating about intelligence. The habit of nicknames reflects a society in which "highbrows" know their place, and that place is to be eccentric, or marginal to public life. Academics are faintly comical "dons" scientists are "boffins"; they live in "ivory towers" or are "cloistered," and all are "too clever by half." Unless, of course, they are ...
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- Shared values.(Looking for Middle England)(Radio program review)
- Magazine article from: Spectator Vestey, Michael July 15, 2006 700+ words
Ian Hislop has been searching for Middle England in Looking for Middle England (Saturdays), a three-part series on Radio...on the clubs which he thought signified what Middle England likes doing. Quentin Letts of the Daily Mail...
- In search of Middle England.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 8, 2006 700+ words
...Hislop, there were 746 references to 'Middle England' in the British national press over...least understood. What exactly is Middle England? Does it even exist and if so, where...Got News For You - went Looking for Middle England (BBC Radio 4, Sat) in the first...
- The death of the shopping list.(All Oiks Now: The Unnoticed Surrender Of Middle...
- Magazine article from: Spectator Delingpole, James May 29, 2004 700+ words
...OIKS Now: THE UNNOTICED SURRENDER OF MIDDLE ENGLAND by Digby Anderson Social Affairs Unit...Anderson argues that the forces of Middle England have sold out to plebdom. Whereas...re not really about the decline of Middle England, just about the way things have generally...
- Middle England is done for, says Bee.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Money Marketing September 29, 2005 700+ words
Middle England will be left to fend for itself and will be worst hit by the pension...bolstering their interest, which must be positive. Bee said: "Middle England is done for. Half of the workforce does not have adequate pension...
- Middle England's cry.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 7, 2005 700+ words
...under one big expensive and bureaucratic umbrella costing Middle England taxpayers a bomb. This money normally goes into his favourite...dare I say longstanding leader, is miles out of touch with Middle England, which is fed up of being fleeced, with their hard-earned...
- M&S needs to regain its middle class sensibilities: M&S is out of fashion and...
- Magazine article from: Marketing Week Murray, Iain May 20, 2004 700+ words
...customer base, which was, of course, Middle England. When one woman customer wrote to...marketing. Little wonder then that Middle England reluctantly turned its tweeded back...that are the treasured mythology of Middle England, M&S ads feature a series...
- Delightful chronicle of middle England.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 9, 2009 700+ words
...on the High Teas, in which he goes in search of the real Middle England. Next weekend Stuart, dubbed the English Bill Bryson...curiosity," he says. The musicians spawned or nurtured by Middle England (Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, Elgar, Vaughan Williams...
- Inheritance tax raid to hit Middle England.
- News wire article from: Evening Standard (London) March 23, 2006 700+ words
...The Chancellor was today accused of a major tax attack on Middle England with his multi-million-pound raid on inheritance planning...cash is withdrawn. "This is not a straightforward tax on Middle England," said John Riches, chairman of the Society for Trusts...
- Middle England Is Hit By Stealth Levy.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire February 13, 2003 700+ words
(From Western Daily Press) The stealth rises in council tax are hitting particularly Middle England couples like retired civil engineer Robin Bradbury and his wife Marjorie. They face a hike of some GBP150 a year, or 13per cent...
- Middle England and chavs keep Burberry in cheques.
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London) May 22, 2005 700+ words
...group's raincoats and fragrances as the epitome of cool. Young people associate the brand with English patriotism and Middle England is stuck in a time warp, obliviously wearing Burberry scarves under the misconception the brand is still posh. To see...
Source: HighBeam Research, British intellectual life today.