
Country Formerly Known as Great Britain
In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity - but is always drawn back in time, vexed by the question of what came first.
In ''Women and Children First'', watching the film Titanic leads into an investigation into the legend of Wallace Henry Hartley, the famous band l...
In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity - but is always drawn back in time, vexed by the question of what came first.
In ''Women and Children First'', watching the film Titanic leads into an investigation into the legend of Wallace Henry Hartley, the famous band l...