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An imagined Mnemonicon panel with Shakespeare's cast: Romeo and Juliet, the Macbeths, and Richard III, each given a jar of Marmite

An imagined Mnemonicon panel with Shakespeare's cast: Romeo and Juliet, the Macbeths, and Richard III, each given a jar of Marmite

A Shakespeare panel: Romeo and Juliet on the balcony, the Macbeths in the kitchen the night before the murder, and Richard III soliloquising on toast at his coronation.

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An imagined Mnemonicon interview with William Shakespeare on Marmite, the humours, a jar set before Falstaff at the Boar's Head, and a sonnet for the jar

An imagined Mnemonicon interview with William Shakespeare on Marmite, the humours, a jar set before Falstaff at the Boar's Head, and a sonnet for the jar

William Shakespeare on Marmite as choler in a jar. Falstaff seizes it at the Boar's Head and declares it sack made flesh. Closes on the Bard's sonnet for the jar.

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Marmite in British popular culture: the verb, the meme, and the brand-name shorthand

Marmite in British popular culture: the verb, the meme, and the brand-name shorthand

It is hard to think of another food brand that became a word in normal British English. Hoover, in its day. Tippex. That is most of the list. Marmite is in it. If you describe a film, a politician, a footballer or a piece of new architecture as "a bit Marmite", everyone in the room nods.

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The Mish-mash Dictionary of Marmite

&creativeYou'd be surprised at how few Marmite related books there are, especially as the number of Marmite brands are growing enormously at the moment.

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Marmite Love poetry

Lyrics from : Housewife That's it, I've had enough of this Marmite love, Bringing you breakfast in bed when its already lunch, That's it, no more will I have to pour your coffee In to you favourite morning mug, cause I accidentally smashed it on the wall, very hard.

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An Ode to Marmite

The Joy of Marmite I spread my Marmite sparingly, upon my buttered toast Of all the things to put on bread, it's what I like the most.

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