Seems Matt Brown has written several books with a theme ... that theme being what we know about a particular subject is wrong! I quite enjoyed Everything You Know About England is Wrong. The 'longest river' isn't, 'God Save the Queen' (or King) is not the national anthem, what the Queen can and cannot do ... and so on. Just a fun read!

And, while we're on the subject of England, here is a fun travel guide (in my case just for armchair travel): London Peculiars: a Guide to the City's Offbeat Places, by Peter Ashley. A peculiar is something "having eccentric or individual variations to the general or predicted pattern" (from the introduction). So, we find a row of houses that are just a front for something ugly behind. Old structures that have been moved, or, no longer serve their original purpose because the river has moved. Street lamps that were sewer vents, shelters for cab drivers (think horse and buggy days), fences made from the metal stretchers used in WWII. Wonderful photos, by the author, add to the enjoyment of this read.

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