This idea that “English” is equivalent to white is the problem, so that doesn’t even remotely excuse his lack of diversity, especially since he’s a nerd from Los Angeles County.

His “English” aesthetic to me is New England WASP Victoriana even though he probably does thinks it is more like SE England*. More Goth Edith Wharton than anything else. Nothing much about the UK really springs out to me other than some of the accents of the cast and even then, they can sound false and unrealistic. …

Same. I was wondering - do Americans know we call them clips? Same with “bobbie pins”. I was like “Who hell he?”.

(Thankfully none of them look like Charles.)

Sure except we don’t call them barrettes though. We call them clips. Ask for a barrette and you would likely get a long french loaf.

Lol how they dressed babies in those days. Could be worse as poor Princess Beatrice has those heavy Hanoverian eyelids. Charlotte didn’t get Her Maj’s curls though. Hella cute.

They are dead nice. Forest of Bowland is gorgeous but never gets as much press as neighbouring Yorkshire dales. This is the wonderfully named Fair Snape Fell (yes Harry Potter AND Game of thrones there hahah).Loads of walking but it can get cut off in winter. As intrepid as England gets.

My mum’s generation Irish family were Evertonians. I think that was because lots of Irish players in the 50s. It supposedly has the reference of being the “Catholic club” but that has all died off. I think it was all about Liverpool not signing any Irish Catholic players till late 70s. But I see more about Man U in…

He can’t. Okay with magic but not diversity. Same old. Miss Peregrine could have EASILY been played by Thandie Newton or Sophie Okonedo. Some of the characters in the book have non-WAP surnames like Elephanta, Frauenfeld, Somnusson. Portman and Bloom too.

In the UK, Gav is mostly famous for being the father of Daisy Lowe. Who is rocking it on Strictly right now. His band were not big here. This is funny.

This coming from you Roy. Is genius. :)

There is a long history of support for Palestine by Scottish left wingers - some of them very ultra. But yes, it probably would piss off some Palestinians as it seems a tangental protest. Not uncommon though. Pro-Palestinian ideals go hand in hand with with old school celtic nationalist parties and that is…

I wouldn’t be too into the “Loyalists support Israel” argument because a lot of them are far right politically and hate ‘the Jews’ as much as any Neo-Nazi. Maybe those centre-right would do that but they are not so vocal at football. The “support Israel” is far more a movement in North America, because basically you…

“you can prove anything with “facts”, eh?” ~ Stewart lee. :)

Funny cos my Irish family were all massive Man U supporters. One cousin in particular I shall call Moone Boy. He was mad for them lol. I think though that is Roy Keane. When asked about Celtic they are like “nah too much history there”. I can’t blame them.

That old George Galloway trick. How appropriate. :)

I am in the UK and he is a big star here now so yep, seen all that. You should try War and Peace if you haven’t. He plays a sexy Russian Prince in breeches. Though it is long winded and drawn out. And a bit daft. Also, I sat through that ridic Lady Chatterley remake with Robb Stark and Lucrezia Borgia because…

They are all made in the same factory. Redmayne, Fox, Stevens also.

Not really a baby, it was made from plastic.

He is though. He went to fucking Eton. It was his dad that was the self-made man who did very well but his mum has solid u-mid pedigree with ancestors of their own wikipage. Tom was no a scholarship like Cumberbatch either though you don’t get a double first in classics by being a thicko.