RKS British Literature: Booze as the Cement of the British Empire (George Orwell)

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“There’s a kind of spurious good fellowship between the English and this country. It’s a tradition to booze together and swap meals and pretend to be friends, though we hate each other like poison. Hanging together we call it. It’s a political necessity. Of course, drink is what keeps the machine going. We should all go mad and kill one another in a week if it weren’t for that. There’s a subject for one of your uplift essayists. Booze as the cement of the Empire.”

George Orwell, “Burmese Days”, 1935.

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Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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