Ploughman's lunch 29 April 1958 refer to a ploughman's lunch consisting of bread, cheese and pickle. The meal's rise in popularity during the 1970s has been argued to be at least partially based on a British cultural "revulsion from technology and modernity and a renewed love-affair with an idealised national past". The meal was, however, primarily favoured by caterers because it was simple to prepare, required no cooking, was not labour-intensive and involved no meat, meaning there was the potential of high profit margins. The 1983 film "The Ploughman's Lunch", from a screenplay by Ian McEwan, has a subtext that is "the
Royal field with the monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman Royal field with the monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman Royal field with the monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman () is a Czech national cultural monument (declared as such in 1962). It is composed of the "Royal field" and the "monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman" erected on the Royal field. It is located near the village Stadice, six kilometres southwest of Ústí nad Labem. The Royal field is a historical place on which according to the legend Přemysl, the Ploughman was called to become the ruler of the Czech state. Measurements of the Royal field served in the Middle Ages as