But as you no doubt have found, it can be jolly hard trying to fit in. That’s where Rules Britannia can help.
It answers 101 Essential Questions of Britishness, covering everything from Marmite to the Magna Carta to the 'wrong kind of snow'.
Study it well and you’ll soon discover that being British isn’t something to worry about, it’s something to be enjoyed. And before long you too will be eating cucumber sandwiches, going down the rub-a-dub for a swift ‘half’, and enjoying free speech and the benefits of a first-past-the-post system of representative democracy based on a two-tier set-up of upper and lower houses of legislative power, just like the rest of us.
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What divides the North from the South?
Is it better to soak a conker in vinegar or bake it in an oven?
What's "Just not cricket"?
Is the hokey cokey REALLY what it's all about?
What's the difference between Pinter and Panto?
How long after someone has won a reality TV contest are we allowed to lose interest in them?