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An intimate record of the rituals, traditions, habits and idiosyncrasies that make us who we are. --Daily Express
A new book offers a glimpse into domestic life in the UK. Taken during the course of a week in September, the pictures in UK at Home provide a snapshot of life in our multi-cultural country. The staggering diversity comes through on every page of the fly-on-the wall volume. --The Sun
Every photograph in this intimate collection...provides a celebration of - and fascinating insight into - the homes and traditions of 173 families living throughout the country. It contains a number of thought-provoking introductions written by high-profile names such as Sir Paul McCartney ...Jackie Kay. --Woman and Home
A new book offers a glimpse into domestic life in the UK. Taken during the course of a week in September, the pictures in UK at Home provide a snapshot of life in our multi-cultural country. The staggering diversity comes through on every page of the fly-on-the wall volume. --The Sun
Every photograph in this intimate collection...provides a celebration of - and fascinating insight into - the homes and traditions of 173 families living throughout the country. It contains a number of thought-provoking introductions written by high-profile names such as Sir Paul McCartney ...Jackie Kay. --Woman and Home
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Take a peek into your neighbours homes and celebrate the diverse nature of the UK today with this fantastic collection of photographs, stories and essays. This visual time capsule of life in the UK at the start of the 21st century features both professional and amateur photographers as well as essays from literary heavyweights including Will Self, Blake Morrison and Alain de Botton and a stirring introduction from Sir Paul McCartney. So lets celebrate our multi-cultural society and look behind the doors of the UK AT HOME. For a unique gift, you can customize your cover with a photo of your own by going to the UK AT HOME website to order your very own personalised book jacket!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting present,
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This review is from: UK At Home: A Celebration of Where We Live and Love (Hardcover)
The photos in the book are, as the title says, pictures of various homes and their occupants in the U.K. Its an interesting book, but the idea of the custom cover is what makes it very appealing for a present. I have made a couple now for various friends, and its an original and personal way of giving a gift. You choose your own photo and download it during a very easy process, and that becomes the cover for the book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great picture book of life in British homes,
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (No. 1 Hall OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: UK At Home: A Celebration of Where We Live and Love (Hardcover)
This book, by the same team that compiled America at Home, takes a look at homes all over England, Scotland and Wales. The pictures are mostly positive, but there are hints here and there that everything is not quite as we would like it to be, so let's discuss the sad pictures first. By their rarity in this book, they stand out.
A picture taken from Happisburgh beach in Norfolk illustrates coastal erosion., which may have been taking place in this part of Norfolk for 5,000 years or more. Atop the cliff stands a woman, contemplating the sea view. Behind her is her home, which has probably toppled into the sea by now. Another picture shows a nine-year old girl in a bedroom watching TV, but the caption explains that she has two bedrooms, one at her mother's house and one at her father's house. This sort of thing was unheard of in my childhood. Insofar as it happened, people kept very quiet about it. How times have changed. Elsewhere, you can see a close-up double-page spread of a high-rise tower block with many people out on their balconies. Looked at this way, these apartments look grim, but I just hope that they are more inviting on the inside. Even more bleak is another double-page spread showing a street of terraced houses, some boarded up while others are still occupied. The residents were being re-housed as the houses were due for demolition. Another picture shows two women apparently chatting away in a corridor, but their home is a prison. The front cover picture is more typical of the book`s mood. Two boys sit in a wheelchair, pushed by their mother, with all three of them clearly looking very happy. The mother is also featured in the main book, as she and her husband are pictured at their door. But happiness takes many forms and there's a great mixture of rural and urban life, indoors and outdoors, children and adults, ancient and modern, normal and eccentric, not forgetting cats, dogs, horses and caravans. Perhaps the most extraordinary picture is of three nuns playing badminton - sort of. With three players and no net, I wonder what rules they have devised. The caption says that close friendships and gossip are discouraged, while Scrabble is also popular among nuns. So on their breaks from their normal duties, even nuns can relax. This is a great picture book that won't change your life, though you may recognize aspects of your own life in some of the pictures, especially if you`re British or have lived there for part of your life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great picture book of life in British homes,
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: UK At Home: A Celebration of Where We Live and Love (Hardcover)
This book, by the same team that compiled America at Home, takes a look at homes all over England, Scotland and Wales. The pictures are mostly positive, but there are hints here and there that everything is not quite as we would like it to be, so let's discuss the sad pictures first. By their rarity in this book, they stand out.
A picture taken from Happisburgh beach in Norfolk illustrates coastal erosion., which may have been taking place in this part of Norfolk for 5,000 years or more. Atop the cliff stands a woman, contemplating the sea view. Behind her is her home, which has probably toppled into the sea by now. Another picture shows a nine-year old girl in a bedroom watching TV, but the caption explains that she has two bedrooms, one at her mother's house and one at her father's house. This sort of thing was unheard of in my childhood. Insofar as it happened, people kept very quiet about it. How times have changed. Elsewhere, you can see a close-up double-page spread of a high-rise tower block with many people out on their balconies. Looked at this way, these apartments look grim, but I just hope that they are more inviting on the inside. Even more bleak is another double-page spread showing a street of terraced houses, some boarded up while others are still occupied. The residents were being re-housed as the houses were due for demolition. Another picture shows two women apparently chatting away in a corridor, but their home is a prison. The front cover picture is more typical of the book`s mood. Two boys sit in a wheelchair, pushed by their mother, with all three of them clearly looking very happy. The mother is also featured in the main book, as she and her husband are pictured at their door. But happiness takes many forms and there's a great mixture of rural and urban life, indoors and outdoors, children and adults, ancient and modern, normal and eccentric, not forgetting cats, dogs, horses and caravans. Perhaps the most extraordinary picture is of three nuns playing badminton - sort of. With three players and no net, I wonder what rules they have devised. The caption says that close friendships and gossip are discouraged, while Scrabble is also popular among nuns. So on their breaks from their normal duties, even nuns can relax. This is a great picture book that won't change your life, though you may recognize aspects of your own life in some of the pictures, especially if you`re British or have lived there for part of your life. |
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