Scanned from A Picture History of Britain by Clarke Hutton.

Drawn to Plastocowell by Clarke Hutton and printed in Great Britain by W.S. Cowell LTD. at the Butter Market Ipswich

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School Prints 1947-51

"The spirit which pervades the published prints is of quiet celebration: they picture a world reassuring in its familiarities; a world of everyday work and occasional festivity. It is a spirit in keeping with the general optimism of the project. The best of these prints present images of perennial rural and small-town life: they are versions of pastoral."

Harlequinade (1946 England)

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"The evidence of an overreaching and inefficient state with unaffordable aspirations is all around..."

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On July 7, 1779 the British attacked Fairfield and most of the down town area was razed. This weekend the Fairfield Museum and History Center had a festival commemorating the 230th anniversary of the attack.


Red coats press their advantage.


A costly advance.


Held in reserve.

Other Photos
A soldier's gear
Fairfield's Militia needs you!
Requisitioned
The Union Flag

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London tube strike won't delay England qualifier

Battered and bruised: A mauling for the left across much of Europe, and especially in Britain

Update

Andorra hit for six

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State Department Official Insults Britain (NRO)

Great news: Obama fumbled Brown visit because he’s in over his head (Hot Air)

The Ultimate Diplomacy (Ace)

Obama phones Britain's PM Brown to disprove any rookie snub (LAT)

He's Just Not That Into the Special Relationship NRO

WHAT'S BEHIND BARACK'S BRIT SNIT (NY POST)

Perhaps the president simply believes some other nation should replace Britain as our closest friend. (For a while, the Clinton administration meant to put Germany ahead of the UK.) Or perhaps Obama has a different view of the special relationship - one held by the likes of his onetime mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

These critics don't see a legacy of freedom going back to Magna Carta. They see a historical procession of self-serving white males. And Churchill is not the man who singlehandedly stood up against Hitler and who warned us all about the Soviet Union's iron curtain, but a white supremacist.

In this view (which also sees an America steeped in racism, colonialism and greed, rather than a nation dedicated to the proposition of liberty under law), there is no need to preserve any precious British-born legacy.

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Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit continues to cover the raw hypocrisy and ethical obtuseness of Christopher "Countrywide" Dodd. See here, here, here, and here.

I lived in Bridgeport, CT in 2004 when Dodd was running for re-election and I remember his goons swooping into the Black Rock Area and plastering it with hundreds of his hideous black and yellow signs.

Michelle Malkin has been covering the growing taxpayer (tea party) protests here. She was at the tea party in Denver on February 17.

Meanwhile Rich Karlgaard at Forbes.com explains how Obama has delegated domestic policy to a virulently anti-capitalistic House.

Lastly, Mark Steyn writes about the significance of Obama's decision to return the bust of Sir Winston Churchill to the British.

Conservatives need heroes and Mark Steyn, Michelle Malkin, and Glenn Reynolds are as BIG as they come. I would add Jonah Goldberg to this list as well.

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These two links should give all freedom lovers an itchy rash in funny places and since I've already quoted Orwell's The Road To Wigan Pier, and since Burmese Days is invoked in a round about way, the title of this post makes perfect sense.

Damian Green or Britain as Banana Republic
Our Friends in Bombay (Slate)

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EU wipes England off map
England has been wiped off a map of Europe drawn up by Brussels bureaucrats as part of a scheme that the Tories claim threatens to undermine the country's national identity...

Will there always be an England? The Anchoress says it's starting to look a little doubtful.

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Where's Sven?
The last time England played the U.S. MNT in an international friendly Sven-Goran Eriksson was their manager. The U.S. was led by Bruce Arena, who now manages the Red Bulls (no word on whether or not his pants are still involved in the sport). His MLS club is at the bottom of the Eastern Standings.

Meanwhile, Sven is managing Manchester City in the English Premier League. His club is 15-10-11 and in 9th overall (9 of 20).

The U.S. MNT will play England at Wembley on Wednesday, May 28th. They last met on the same date in 2005 in Chicago, IL before a crowd of 47,637. The U.S. lost 2-1.

I went to the match with my brother and it was equaled only by the NFC Championship between the New York Football Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. There's a photograph of Sven I took in this set on Flickr.

The English will play Trinidad and Tobago a couple of days later at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. This match is notable for Bermuda who will play the Caribbean titans in their campaign to reach the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

***UPDATE 1***
I just learned that Bruce Arena is NO longer with the Red Bulls. He (and his pants) will miss the opening of Red Bull Park which is scheduled for 2009.

***UPDATE 2***

Ball: City's players united behind Eriksson

Manchester City's players are uniting behind manager Sven-Goran Eriksson to try to quell uncertainty over the Swede's future.

Eriksson met City's Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra twice over the weekend but speculation over his position refuses to die down.

City's 3-2 home defeat by relegation strugglers Fulham on Saturday did nothing to help Eriksson's cause, especially as Thaksin was at the game.

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From Balaguet there cometh an Emir;
His form is noble, his eyes are bold and clear,
When on his horse he's mounted in career
He bears him bravely armed in his battle-gear,
And for his courage he's famous far and near;
Were he but Christian, right knightly he'd appear.
Before Marsile he cries for all to hear:
"To Roncevaux", saith he, "my course I'll steer;
If I find Roland, then death shall be his weird,
And Oliver's, and all of the Twelve Peers!
The French shall die the death in shame and tears.
King Charlemayne, the dotard old and blear,
Will soon be sick of waging warfare here!
Spain shall be ours in peace this many a year!"
The King Marsile pours thanks into his ears.

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I am continuing to channel Glenn Reynolds (although, I plan on posting some original photographs later in the day). This post could have been alternatively titled: "God Save the Queen" or "Vera! Vera! What has become of you?" Is this the England Roger wanted?

(1) Muslims 'to outnumber traditional churchgoers' - Maybe Tony Blair will stun the world again by applying for U.S. Citizenship.

(2) 196,000 out, 574,000 in: Record numbers leaving Britain for new life abroad - as immigration to UK soars - America Alone by Mark Steyn remains an important and prolific book.

(3) 'Special relationship' dies under Gordon Brown - British diplomats in Washington have quietly dropped the use of the phrase "special relationship" in what some see as a symbol of the drift in relations with the US under Gordon Brown...

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