The clan with no tartan
Lord Ronaldshay said the existence of a society like theirs bore witness to the strength of a characteristic which was deeply rooted in human nature, a characteristic which was best described by the word 'clannish'.
More than 400 years ago a Venetian traveller made these comments on the British people: 'The English are great lovers of themselves and anything that is theirs. They think that there are no other men than themselves and no other world but England, and whenever they see a handsome foreigner they say
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