 However, Foreman added that the book suffered from "cranky fogeyism", and he was particularly critical of both the chapter analysing the Chatterley trial and the premise that satirical television and radio programmes of the late 1950s and early 1960s contributed towards destroying British national unity.The book was first published in Britain by Quartet Books in 1999 (), and then in a revised edition the following year.The volume was published in North America by Encounter Books in 2000 ().