Life isn’t all beer and skittles – a brilliant phrase. It simply means that life…
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Straight from the Horse’s Mouth – A Guide to Royal Ascot Week
One of the real highlights of the social calendar, Royal Ascot week gets more newspaper…
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On The Sauce
To Be On The Sauce – To go out for a big boozy night…
Hurrah! It’s National Fish and Chip Day. EVERY British person I know Knows About Fish and Chips.…
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(Not so) Sour Grapes – A Beginner’s Guide to English & Welsh Wine
Sour Grapes – to dismiss or criticise something, because you are hacked off that you…
In Britain, we do love a bonkers festival. If you happen to be in the…
Our trains are crap. Aren’t they? We think they are. They’re expensive (our rail network…
‘There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch’ Something we say to show that we…
Glyndebourne The Glyndebourne Festival runs from May to August every year, offering a programme of…
This is a very British expression. Non-Brits often complain that we don’t say things directly, and…
