Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: britain

4 bookmarks tagged “britain

Block Telethon 1992 — the day we ‘pissed on pity’ | by Georgia | Medium

medium.com/@theNDACA/block-telethon-1992-the-day-we-pissed-on-pity-69117b03825a
The Telethon was a 24-hour charity broadcast which raised money for disabled people — and patronised them in the process. The campaign to rid TV screens of ITV’s Telethon began in early summer 1990…

Slow Ways - a network of walking routes connecting Great Britain

slowways.uk/
Slow Ways is a network of walking routes that connect all of Great Britain’s towns and cities. Created by you.

Polari, the gay dialect, can be heard in this great short film “Putting on the Dish.”

slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/07/28/polari_the_gay_dialect_can_be_heard_in_this_great_short_film_putting_on.html
Of all the cultural forms that gay men have created and elaborated since coalescing into a social group around the late 19th century, Polari, a full-fledged gay English dialect with roots among circus folk, sailors, and prostitutes, has to be one of the most fascinating—not least since it has faded...