Dictionary: A book with a Beginning, a Middle and an End - but not in that order.

This Septic Isle is a dictionary that re-defines 21st Century Britain in the wickedest and wittiest way imaginable. In an age where spin is king, this super-cynical, irreverent reference book finally tells it like it is, not like it isn’t and never will be.

With over 2,000 entries, ranging from razor-sharp satire to the downright silly, This Septic Isle is the perfect antidote to our irascible era. Politics, pop culture, sport, the internet, TV, food, the environment, journalism, sex, PR, consumerism, war, religion, royalty, terrorism, traffic – no sacred cow is spared a jaunt to the slaughterhouse.

Mike Barfield’s up-to-date definitions put the spin in the bin and prove there’s one area in which beleaguered Britons can still proudly claim to lead the world: laughing at themselves.