William Mullins

Author Banker is American and Mullins is English, and this is relevant because the book is relating British locations, history, speech, food and culture to the American audience. Very handy for explaining the pecking order of royals, the political parties, what marmite is made from, the different literary awards, what your choice of newspapers tells the world and who a person named Jordan is and why she's famous.

There are a number of these reference reads for British life. I found this one below average. For me much of the humor was too gimme and the insights ununique. It gets 5 stars on Amazon though, so there are plenty of people who disagree with me.

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