John French, 1st Earl of Ypres but Joffre declined, saying this would be bad for BEF morale and he worked "well and cordially" with Sir John. Foch told Wilson of this (5 November). French sent Captain Freddy Guest to complain to the Prime Minister, who refused to believe it, and both Asquith and Churchill wrote French reassuring letters. French went to see Foch (6 November) to thank him for his "comradeship and loyalty". This did not stop him writing to Kitchener (15 November) that ""au fond", they are a low lot, and one always has to remember the class these French generals come from". French talked
The Practice of Everyday Life The Practice of Everyday Life The Practice of Everyday Life is a book by Michel de Certeau which examines the ways in which people individualise mass culture, altering things, from utilitarian objects to street plans to rituals, laws and language, in order to make them their own. It was originally published in French as "L'invention du quotidien. Vol. 1, Arts de faire"' (1980). The 1984 English translation is by Steven Rendall. The book is one of the key texts in the study of everyday life. "The Practice of Everyday Life" re-examines related fragments and theories from Kant and Wittgenstein to