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Great TV Commercials from the 50s, 60s and 70s

DID YOU ever think you’d hear The Sun newspaper referred to in the same sentence as intelligent? Do you remember the Bond-like-man going through hell on earth just because “the lady loves Milk Tray”? Remember Fannie and Johnnie? . . . or “She Fly’s Like A Bird . . .” Nimble commercial? Well, if any [...]

‘Thinking’ About Football . . . Classic Monty Python Sketch

WITH THE the 2010 World Cup well under way, we thought it very appropriate to view the classic Monty Python sketch, Philosophers’ Football Match, depicting a football match in the Olympiastadion at the 1972 Munich Olympics between philosophers representing Greece and Germany. Starring in the sketch are Archimedes (John Cleese), Socrates (Eric Idle), Hegel (Graham Chapman), [...]

Fawlty Towers – I know nothing!

Manuel and Basil have a painful conversation.

Steptoe and Son (with Joanna Lumley)

Joanna Lumley as Bunty in the episode ‘Loathe Story’ from ‘Steptoe and Son’ from 1972.

The Two Ronnies – Fork Handles

Hilarious YouTube video from the Two Ronnies show in 1976.

Introduction

The Union Jack has been published monthly since April 1982. Our readership now exceeds 220,000 throughout the USA. We serve a devoted readership comprised primarily of British expatriates, ranging from recent immigrants to war brides who relocated to the States a half-century ago, as well as a growing number of American Anglophiles. All of our readers, whether aged 25 or 75, share a common desire to maintain strong ties to Britain and the British community in America.

Union Jack’s regular advertisers include specialty shops and wholesalers, pubs, restaurants, immigration attorneys, insurance providers, financial services, shipping companies, travel agents and a variety of mail order gift suppliers, all of whom seek the unique and lucrative link Union Jack provides to one of the USA’s largest yet most assimilated ethnic markets. Our advertisers range from small ‘mom and pop’ business to larger businesses.

Circulation and Distribution

The Union Jack is a monthly tabloid newspaper, and is distributed throughout the United States via subscription and a variety of specially targeted distribution locations including British pubs, restaurants, specialty stores, as well as British government offices, consulates and business organizations such as the British American Chamber of Commerce and tourist offices.

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