The Rules of Englishness -13 resources

Piece 1

Emotional Britain? video 31 min - 9 min inside

Kate Fox, author of Watching the English, joins us online on Monday 22nd January at 2.30pm to discuss the British problem of expressing their emotions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTp5h_y-rmM&list=PLRDgPg-PTbk_wdf42lK_8y5EBYu20giuP

StudiotalkMedia Published on Nov 5, 2009

Piece 2

PART ONE: CONVERSATION CODES. 1.1. the weather. video 17 min

Mr Khambatta Reads... 'Watching the English', by Kate Fox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MqzGhm6O5I

Today's read is a non-fiction book about English culture; chapter one is all about how England's obsession with having conversations about the weather is actually nothing to do with the weather.

Piece 3 -KAte HERSELF

KATE ….. 00:54 min to 01:55 min

The Great British pub vodcast video 02:42 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xzoi0GMEKk
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608173/So-CLASS-YOU-A-wickedly-funny-perceptive-new-book-answer-hinges-favourite-marmalade-buy-M-S.html

Piece 4 A-B REVIEW video

The Ecclectic____

Back to reviewing! Kate Fox's "Watching the English:

REVIEW video 05:02 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVLp8NrSBs&index=4&list=PLRDgPg-PTbk_wdf42lK_8y5EBYu20giuP

The Non Fic books____

reviewing! Kate Fox's "Watching the English: REVIEW video 05:58 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEpeIxOALgY&list=PLRDgPg-PTbk_wdf42lK_8y5EBYu20giuP&index=1

Piece 5

video 11:42 min

The Class System is Static | Kate Fox | Part 3 of 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23sbePXLP8

· She's really in the lion's den with this topic. The condescending stares, taciturn reception and weak applause tell volumes about the prejudiced and self-important attitude of these post-pubescent upstarts, virtually all of whom were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Some of the comments here confirm the loathsome arrogance exuded by her audience

· Can't stop that latent loathsome passive-aggressive dismissive caricaturing demeanour, can she?! Stinking bad character confirmed...

Piece 6 summaries 4 pages

https://wecanreaditforyouwholesale.com/non-fiction/watching-the-english-kate-fox-ongoing/

Piece 7

(2014 – New statement by K fox –journalist LOOOOOONG

· https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/watching-englishman-kate-fox-peculiar-rituals-privileged

Political views short

· https://thedadameinhofcolumn.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/watching-the-english/

Piece 8

review (2017 – New statement on K fox -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3616598/How-to-be-English.html

Piece 9 BLOGGERS

· http://www.langmaidpractice.com/dangers-of-staycationing/
The key thing to remember is the quality of ‘social unease’ that clings to the English when they are thrown together – whether among family or strangers.