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> [ England is, after all, the land where children were beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply their trade as nowhere else in the western world. Despite our belief \[that\] we are a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/england-is-after-all-the-land-where-children-were-beaten-wives-and/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

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> [England is, after all, the land where children are beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply their trade as nowhere else in the western world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/england-is-after-all-the-land-where-children-are-beaten-wives-and/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

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## Other authors on Lashes

## More by Colin MacInnes

> [England is, after all, the land where children were beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/england-is-after-all-the-land-where-children-were-beaten-wives-and/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [“The word 'free-lance', I used to think, had a romantic ring; but sadly discovered, when I tried to be one, that its practice has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/the-word-free-lance-i-used-to-think-had-a-romantic-ring-but-sadly/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [England is, after all, the land where children are beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/england-is-after-all-the-land-where-children-are-beaten-wives-and/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/tradition-if-not-constantly-recreated-can-be-as-much-a-millstone-as-a/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [It was with the advent of the Laudie London era that I realized the whole teenage epic was tottering to doom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/it-was-with-the-advent-of-the-laudie-london-era-that-i-realized-the/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [In England, pop art and fine art stand resolutely back to back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/in-england-pop-art-and-fine-art-stand-resolutely-back-to-back/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

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