50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

Letts, Quentin

ISBN 10: 1849011273 / ISBN 13: 9781849011273

Published by Constable & Robinson (edition UK ed.), 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson (edition UK ed.)
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849011273
• ISBN 13: 9781849011273
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: UK ed.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Which fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty.

Quentin Letts sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it, from TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh, the dumbed-down buffoon who put the 'h' in Aspidistra, to the perpetrators of the 'Credit Crunch'.

Margaret Thatcher ruptured our national unity. The creators of EastEnders trashed our brand over high tea. Thus, he argues, are the people who made our country the ugly, scheming, cheating, beer-ridden bum of the Western world. Here are the fools and knaves and vulgarians who ripped down our British glories and imposed the tawdry and the trite. In a half century we have gone from end-of-Empire to descent-into-Hell.

About the Author

Quentin Letts is parliamentary sketch writer and theatre critic for the Daily Mail. A regular broadcaster on radio and television, he was formerly New York correspondent for The Times and gossip columnist for the Daily Telegraph. He presents Radio 4's series 'What's The Point Of?'