Hookland 3/5/19 3:20:34

The English seaside Nokes ‰ÛÒ all tea from a Thermos, sand in your sandwiches, dogs shaking themselves dry while soaking you and an unidentified body washed upon the beach. – #DICallaghan

Hookland 3/5/19 4:27:16

@lazcorp Up to a point Lord Copper. Also, a subsuming of the Edwardian glance-back that had been part of the culture in everything from Teddy Boys to Hammer Horror to Adam Adamant and Granny Takes a Trip faux military.

Hookland 3/5/19 5:31:16

@jennie_kermode Very possibly. Possibly an echo memory of Neolithic excarnation practice or observation of carrion after the flesh harvest of battle. Just possibly the ritualisation of natural impulse to cruelty.