What happens when that pressure has no release valve?
The English Psycho has a National Trust card and a reservation at a village fête. He doesn’t want you to know he is there. He wants you to offer him a biscuit. To understand the English Psycho, you must first understand the English psyche. It is a landscape of immense pressure. For centuries, the national identity has been built on three pillars: Stiff Upper Lip, Queuing Etiquette, and Understatement.
"Sorry about the mess," he says. "I’ve been meaning to tidy up. Milk? Sugar?"
The English Psycho: Politeness, Repression, and the Monster Beneath the Crumpets