ENGLISH YEAR (PENGUIN) (PB)

This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year’s Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and Easter Monday bottle kicking in Leeds, it explains how they originated, what they mean and when they occur. 'This is an essential, indispensable book, and should be as much a part of the civilized library as a dictionary or atlas' - Nicholas Lezard.