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Tea and Sympathy, or possibly Chips!
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Everything you never needed to know about Tea and English Tea habits.
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History of Food
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Difficult
10 Q
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Englizzie
Nov 16 09
231 plays
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You Scurvy Knaves!
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All at sea with Pirates, Buccaneers, Privateers and the less heroic side of the Royal Navy.
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Naval Forces
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Englizzie
Oct 23 09
165 plays
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From the Old Vic to London's South Bank.
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The origins of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its difficult path to a permanent home on London's South Bank.
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Theatre History
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Average
15 Q
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Englizzie
Jul 17 09
111 plays
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
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Lady Caroline Lamb described Lord Byron as "Mad, bad and dangerous to know". A look at his tumultuous life, and to hell with the poetry!
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Writers & Authors
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Tough
10 Q
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Englizzie
Jul 21 09
213 plays
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Everybody Sings the Blues
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The interest in American Blues in England in the 1960s, formed part of the British Invasion that help broaden the audience for the Blues in the US.
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Blues
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Tough
10 Q
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Englizzie
May 31 09
327 plays
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A Personal History of British Motoring
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After 43 years of international motoring, illness has forced me to give up driving. As a result, I present a very personal, overly romantic, and incomplete history of the English Sporting and Touring Car. Pinches of salt should be taken.
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Social History
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Difficult
10 Q
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Englizzie
Sep 11 09
138 plays
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Victoriana
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Events and people that infuenced Victorian/Edwardian England. In the true tradition of British humor, there are a couple of leg pulls, just for fun.
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UK History
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Average
10 Q
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Englizzie
May 08 09
684 plays
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My London in the 60s
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I grew up in London. In the 60s I was in my teens. Everything seemed to be changing.
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Nostalgia
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Tough
15 Q
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Englizzie
May 11 09
750 plays
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The Lost Generation in Paris
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After World War I many American writers moved to Paris. They were known as "The Lost Generation".
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American Literature
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Tough
10 Q
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Englizzie
Jun 06 09
219 plays
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Round and Round the Table
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Dorothy Parker is synonymous with the Algonquin Round Table in 1920s New York. However, we shall look at some of the other witty writers and critics who helped form the Algonquin's sometimes vitriolic magic.
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Writers & Authors
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Average
10 Q
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Englizzie
Aug 05 09
261 plays
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I Smell a Rat
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A brief history of Britain's great unwashed and the accompanying scourges.
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Social History
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Difficult
10 Q
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Englizzie
Sep 26 09
312 plays
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It Wasn't All Bad - A history of British Food
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British Food has gained a dreadful reputation over the years - some true, some false. Find out more
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History of Food
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Tough
15 Q
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Englizzie
Jul 05 09
417 plays
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New York in the Gilded Age - 1865-1901
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There are 8 Million Stories in the Naked City, etc.
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USA in the 19th.Century
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Difficult
10 Q
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Englizzie
Oct 02 09
198 plays
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A Victorian Cockney Panorama
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Life as seen an' 'eard by Mrs Clara Ramsbottom, widder, of Bow, wif six 'ungry brats, 'er Jack lately havin' died o' tropical fever aboard Royal Navy Frigate HMS Conway.
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UK History
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Difficult
10 Q
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Englizzie
Oct 11 09
186 plays
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