6. (This is by Beachcomber,old humourist of the daily express,but where?) A piece of England that will be forever foreign.

This one is annoying me.

I remember it, I may even have read it in the original context (my parents were Daily Express readers, God forgive them ) but I cannot place it exactly, although I have a nagging feeling it must have some reference to the acquisition of some country house or perhaps some nationally known store by Johnny Foreigner.

The Walrus does Beachcomber an extreme disservice by describing it as "an attempt to parody Rupert Brooke's poem."

J.B Morton, who wrote the Beachcomber column, was an extremely erudite man who assumed a similar level of erudition from his readers, and who would have expected his pithy and wry observation to have been taken on board, understood, and appreciated without comment.

(Much in the same way that P G Wodehouse would incorporate throwaway classical and literary references in his incomparable creations)