(EN) Tom Hodgkinson, Merry England was real enough..., in The Guardian, 17 novembre 2006. URL consultato il 30 novembre 2012.
«Hutton's work confirms my belief that Britain was a merrier place before the Puritans came along with their black hats and hatred of fun. Merry England was not a myth. They really did used to dance around the maypole, feast all day and drink beer all night. And not only was it more merry, the merry-making was actually encouraged by the Church, particularly in the later medieval period. This was because the Church had realised that merry-making could be a source of funds —the profits of the bar went to church upkeep— and also because it helped bind communities»
