barney

There's an amusing piece in today's (London) Times on how foreign
guidebooks depict Britain. Worth looking at if you chance upon a copy.
It's in the T2 tabloid section. (Sorry, I'm offline so can't check if it's
on the Web yet.)

Michael Castens

Thanks. It's at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...624442,00.html

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    > There's an amusing piece in today's (London) Times on how foreign
    > guidebooks depict Britain. Worth looking at if you chance upon a copy.
    > It's in the T2 tabloid section. (Sorry, I'm offline so can't check if it's
    > on the Web yet.)

Frank Lynch

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:52:33 -0000, in a clarity of expression
resembling Cicero, "Michael Castens" wrote:

    >Thanks. It's at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...624442,00.html
    > wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> There's an amusing piece in today's (London) Times on how foreign
    >> guidebooks depict Britain. Worth looking at if you chance upon a copy.
    >> It's in the T2 tabloid section. (Sorry, I'm offline so can't check if it's
    >> on the Web yet.)

If you're amused by this, you might try to find a copy of "Letters
From England" by the Czech writer Karel Capek. Much of it is clearly
and admittedly superficial, but his characterizations of Londoners are
very sharp.

Frank Lynch
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barney

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[email protected] (Frank Lynch) wrote:


    >
    > If you're amused by this, you might try to find a copy of "Letters
    > From England" by the Czech writer Karel Capek. Much of it is clearly
    > and admittedly superficial, but his characterizations of Londoners are
    > very sharp.

Thanks for the tip. Added to my every-growing wants list.