In Search of the English Eccentric

Henry Hemming
In Search of the English Eccentric



Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton

Качество: Хорошее
Страниц: 352
Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that may soon no longer fit. Or so it seems. On his entertaining and thought-provoking quest to discover the most eccentric English person alive today, Henry Hemming unearths a surprisingly large array of delightfully odd characters. He asks what it is to be an eccentric. Is it simply to thrive on creativity and non-conformity, and where does this incarnation of Englishness stem from? Hemming concludes that this tribe is, in fact, in rude health, as essential as ever to the English national identity, only they are no longer to be found where you'd expect them.