If you are visiting Britain, heed these words.
By all means visit Stonehenge and Buckingham Palace, but if you want to see what real life in Britain is all about, you have to go to the pub. Pub-going is by far the most popular native pastime. The 61,000 pubs in Britain have over 25 million loyal customers. Over three-quarters of the adult population go to pubs, and over a third are “regulars,” visiting the pub at least once a week. The pub is a central part of British life and culture. If you haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t seen Britain. [Fox]
Fox, Kate. “Passport to the Pub.” Social Issues Research Centre. 1996. <www.sirc.org/publik/pub.html> (18 April 2004).