Home: 10 Ways To Celebrate The Jubilee

I’ll let you in on my dorky little secret: I’m dead excited about the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this weekend. I know. I’m the woman who decidedly ticked the “YES” box in the referendum for Australia to become a republic all those years ago.

But you know what? I’m feeling OK about my dorky duplicity. And I think a few other Australians might share my exact feelings.

I’m not going to delve too deeply into my admiration for Elizabeth II, as I’ll start to unravel a mess of undergraduate post-colonial theory and I’ll start questioning why I’m writing this blog post in the first place. Best just to accept that I reckon 60 years in any job is worth acknowledging and I’m a dork and move along…

It doesn’t help that since I moved back to Sydney after living in London for three years, I can’t help looking back over my shoulder at what I left behind. I really miss the place. And I can’t help but feel swept along in the frenzy for Union Jack-and-corgi-emblazoned memorabilia – especially when every second tweet, instagram or status update details the latest preparations for this weekend’s street party. What can I say? I have a strong sense of occasion and I’m a sucker for a good string of bunting.

So while I’m stuffing my cake hole with Coronation chicken sandwiches this weekend, I’ll be raising a glass to Elizabeth II.

And if you’d like to join in, here are my top 10 ways to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.

Image above via www.liberty.co.uk.

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Make a Britpop playlist for your party

Any good party needs great music – so let rip with all the Britpop anthems of the ‘90s which defined Cool Brittania. Here are a few tunes to get you started:
Elastica – Connection
Lush – Ladykillers
Suede - Animal Nitrate
Suede – Metal Mickey
Oasis – Roll with it
Blur - Girls And Boys
Pulp – Do you remember the first time?
Pulp – Misshapes
Kenickie – In Your Car
Lush – Single Girl
Stone Roses – Love Spreads
Kula Shaker - Hey Dude
Menswear – Daydreamer
Mansun – Stripper Vicar
The Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
The Bluetones - Slight Return
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
Shed Seven - Disco Down
Kenickie - In Your Car
Space - Female Of The Species
Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
The La's - There She Goes
Lightning Seeds – Pure
The Charlatans - How High
Happy Mondays - Step On
James - Laid
Underworld – Born Slippy
Blur – Country House
Pulp – Disco 2000
Supergrass - Alright

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