Some more English irony.

Talking of exotic adventures in far-flung climes, * besides Fleabag and Killing Eve Phoebe Waller-Bridge shows a sure ear for dialogue in Channel 4’s Crashing (2016)—such as this exchange, where two cool students are catching up:

I left town, did a bit of travelling…

What? Where did you go?

Mainly the Midlands, but, er, I spent a bit of time in Bristol, which was really intense…

* Such as

• The leaning Pillarbox of Chiswick (“the continent isn’t necessarily all it’s cracked up to be”)
• Morgan: a suitable case for treatment (“I mean, what is there in Greece?”)
• Bhutan
• Alan Bennett from Egypt (“Palm trees are nothing to use—we’re from Torquay”)
• Good behaviour
• How to wear yellow well (Ronnie Ancona).

See also The English, home and abroad.