Being Irish, how do we consider Britishness in the mode of simple things, mundanities, such as the best of British food? The French might deride the British as les rosbifs, but the French don’t have a clue what they’re missing. The British have made a plethora of great movies, but none better than Monty Python’s Life of Brian, another 1979 gem. British companies have always bought Irish commercial properties, employed our young people, swallowed up our exports. There is something unsettling, however, about a British national newspaper allowing itself be dragged into this arena.

Source: The Irish Times January 31, 2020 04:47 UTC