THE BESTSELLING MODERN CLASSIC. OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD. ''Brilliant and hilarious'' GRAYSON PERRY ''A delightful read'' SUNDAY TIMES ''Laugh out loud'' MARTIN PARR ''Absolutely brilliant'' JENNIFER SAUNDERS ''An entertaining, clever book'' TELEGRAPH WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GRAYSON PERRY The unofficial guidebook to the English national character by anthropologist Kate Fox. Watching the English picks apart the bizarre codes of behaviour and quiet embarrassment of English culture to help you navigate the unspoken rules of this peculiar island nation. Kate Fox lays bare the inner workings of the class system and reveals why the whole country obsessively apologises and talks incessantly about the weather.

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Kate Fox, an anthropologist, is currently an Associate Member of the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. After an erratic education at a random sample of schools in England, the USA, France and Ireland, she studied anthropology and philosophy at Cambridge. She was for many years co-director of an independent social research centre in Oxford. Kate is married to the neurosurgeon and bestselling author Henry Marsh.

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**THE BESTSELLING MODERN CLASSIC. OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD.

'Brilliant and hilarious' GRAYSON PERRY
'A delightful read' SUNDAY TIMES
'Laugh out loud' MARTIN PARR
'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIFER SAUNDERS
'An entertaining, clever book' TELEGRAPH

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GRAYSON PERRY**

The unofficial guidebook to the English national character by anthropologist Kate Fox.

From the class system to conversation etiquette, Kate Fox picks apart and exposes the bizarre codes of behaviour that the English unconsciously obey.

If you are English, this book will make you re-examine everything you take for granted. And if you aren't English, it will help you navigate the rules of this peculiar culture.

**READERS LOVE *WATCHING THE ENGLISH:

***'***A hugely enjoyable read . . . If you want to be really cheered up and entertained with some well-crafted observation of the embarrassingly familiar then do read this book - it's a joy.'

'A great read for lovers of sociology, language and anthropology.'

'A very thought-provoking and insightful book. It draws to your attention all the intricacies of class distinction and underlying humour that pervades almost everything we do.'