Wallace was capable of suggesting without irony that the head-hunting Dayaks, among whom he had lived in Borneo, were morally superior to his British compatriots.
Yet in all the hardball of her lipograms, jargons, and typographical play – often likened, much to her discomfort, to the work of her British compatriots Ann Quin and BS Johnson, as well as French counterparts George Perec and Philippe Sollers – her prose is also intensely funny.
Although Wiggins was eventually able to continue, he coasted to the finish, crossing the line nearly 12 minutes behind his British compatriot Cavendish.
In her absence in Calgary, British compatriot Laura Deas claimed her maiden medal at a World Cup with a second-place finish.
When the century's other great choreographer, Frederick Ashton, died in 1988, followed by his British compatriot Kenneth MacMillan in 1992, it seemed that a great age of ballet had definitively ended.
But well done, too, to Ricky Gervais, his British compatriot, for hosting the show with some wonderfully incorrect jokes at the expense of the movie industry in general and his audience in particular.
In October NTL became a triple player when it acquired British compatriot Telewest Communications, in a mammoth $6 billion deal.
The Briton returned to Court Four, where earlier he saw off friend and British compatriot Jonny O'Mara in straight sets in the boys' singles.
On Monday, it was announced that the U.K.'s number one cable operator will acquire its British compatriot Telewest Communications, in a mammoth $6 billion deal that'll create Britain's second-largest communications company.
Lizzy Yarnold leads the women's World Cup skeleton standings, while British compatriot Shelley Rudman won the last world title, and Elise Christie was crowned European short-track champion in her favoured 1,000m event last weekend.
European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre won the men's 150m in 14.90 seconds as Dwain Chambers was forced to settle for a disappointing fourth place, while British compatriot Andy Turner also had a frustrating afternoon as he pulled up in the 200m hurdles.
