A brand-new 'Brewer's' dedicated to the 'phrase and fable' of the emerald isle.

From the Bloomsbury Group to the Camberwell Carrot, Emperor Claudius to Ken Livingstone and Oranges and Lemons to apples and pears,Brewer's London Phrase & Fabl

This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces ar

A vivid and affectionate celebration of the history, culture and mythology of Ireland.