The myth of the stiff upper lip

Ben Henderson | History Content on Instagram: "Historical origins of the British ‘stiff upper lip’. Why are we Brits so emotionally reserved? It wasn’t always so. But the French revolution changed everything. This was cemented by British culture e.g. Jane Austen and Tennyson, and spread by the rise of the British Empire, public schools, dubious Victorian science and the two world wars. But is the ‘stiff upper lip’ out of date these days? #History #britishhistory #ukhistory #britishunderstatement