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Britain – The Birth of English - The Globe, Stratford, The Austens, Dylan Thomas, The King James Bible, The Book of Common Prayer, The Printing Press, Henry VII, The Reformation, The GLOBAL language.
Britain – The Invasions and The Immigrations (Romans, Saxons, Angles, Vikings, French, Jews, Walloons, Huguenots, Africans, West Indians, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Chinese, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Poles, Dutch, Americans, Canadians, Ukrainians, Aussies, Romanians, Sudanese, Afghans, Iranians, Iraqis, French,)
Britain – The Spirit of Dance (Morris Dancing, Country Dancing, Clog Dancing, Waltz and Quick Step, Ballet, Musicals, Jitterbug, Charleston, hornpipe, reels, line dancing, salsa, )
Britain – The Sounds of the Centuries (Beatles, Church Choirs, Welsh Choirs, Amateur Operatics, Jazz, Canticles, harpsichord, chamber music, penny whistle, hornpipe, bagpipes, folk music, dulcimer, harp, brass bands, big bands, military bands, pipe bands, orchestras, skiffle groups, sally army band, operas, operettas, musicals,
Britain – The Bloody Wars (The Vikings, The French, The Scots, Wars of the Roses, The Civil War, The Hundred Years war, The Luddites, Hitler, The Trades Unions. Then there’s the American War of Independence, Boer War, Indian Maharajas, The Peninsula War, the Indian Mutiny, the North West Frontier, The Opium War, The Crimean War, Palestine, Aden and the Yemen, Kenya and the Kikuyu, Malaya, Ibos and the Tutsis, The Berlin Airlift, Suez, The Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan again,)
Britain – The Romanisation of England (Veni, Vidi, Vici; Hadrians Wall, Colchester, Watling Street, Ermine Street, Uffa’s Dyke, underfloor central heating, baths, mosaics, servants and slaves, coinage, language, law, inter-marriage, cement mortar,
Britain – The Home of Translations, quality certification,
Britain – Innovation, Discovery and Invention (Rolls, Royce, Dyson, penicillin, public health, sewage treatment, tarmacadam, radar, ejection seats, jet engines, Chobham armour, rockets, unmanned space development, internet, computers, chronometers, anemometer, electric motors, Portland Cement, cat’s eyes, steam engines, water mills, land as personal property, contract law, Harrier Jump Jet, Spitfire and Hurricane, bombing sights, powered flight, guillotine – the Halifax gibbet, electric light bulb, telephone, telegraph, fax machine, discovered America, motor car, photography, cordite, tin can, thermos flask, submarine, ipod, DNA, gravity, police, plastic, sandwich, tin can, Boy Scouts, hovercraft, torpedo, depth charges, periscope, pneumatic tyres, vacuum cleaner, railways, vaccinations, vitamins, electro-magnet, steel, pedal cycle, flushing toilet, toilet paper, Viagra, elastic fabric, matches, electric toaster, sunglasses, stereo recording, carbonated soft drinks, Oxygen, hydrochloric acid, nitrous oxide (laughing gas), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, plant respiration and photosynthesis. Rubber band, disc brakes, dimpled golf ball, television, reinforced concrete, chocolate, suspension bridge, chubb lock, iris recognition, foam rubber, air pollution radar over cities, mobile phones, landmines, sewing machine, wind caused by the sun (Hayley) and Cariolis effect (Hadley), Beaufort wind scale, wind turbine, weather forecasting, charts of the world's oceans, certitude in navigation, British Business suit (Beau Brummel style, white shirt)
The Britain – Invention of Sports, the world of sport (Motor racing, motor cycle racing, horse racing, horse and buggy racing, dinghy racing, yacht racing, power boat racing, ice skating, rowing, canoe racing, cycle racing, athletics, marathon, Olympics, marbles, tiddlywinks, Cricket, Tennis, Football, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Boat Race, Badminton, Polo, Golf,
Britain – The Missionaries, The Traders, The Soldiers – The people who went to the world, The traders, the businessmen, the engineers, the railwaymen, the sailors, the bankers, plus The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Methodist Missionary Society, The Baptists, Latter Day Saints, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, taking the Gospel, the good news to the world, “love thy neighbour as thyself,” the emigrants, the pilots, British merchant navy, International competitions,
Britain – The Family of Nations and the Commonwealth (United States of America, Canada, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Singapore, Cyprus, Hong Kong, West Indies, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Philippines, Ascension Island, Sri Lanka, Turks and Caicos Islands, BVI, Bermuda, Egypt, Aden, Zanzibar, Nigeria, Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, Uganda, Bahrain, Iraq,
Britain – The Growth of English, (the Second World War, the Americans, India, Australasia, China, Air Travel, Air Freight, Telex, Insurance, Commerce generally,easy language to learn, very open language, able to absorb new words easily, emigration,
Britain – Film, TV and Entertainment for the world (The Forsyte Saga, Seven Ages of Man, Frost, Agatha Christie, The Lonely Planet, Topgear, Strictly Come Dancing, 7500 programmes,)
Britain – The Cuisine of the World, naturally as all these people come to Britain they bring their cuisine, their vegetables, spices, herbs, fruits, wines, spirits and beers – Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, American, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Greek, Polish, Danish, Lebanese, Thai, Ceylonese, Tamil, and even Tibetan and Mongolian and they all compete so they are each getting better every year
Britain – The Full Circle, Britain to the World, Britain’s Role in the World (By 2059 China, India, America and Russia are the main players, we will just be a formidable armed neutrality, a place of freedom, a place of safety for those who want to be like us, a place for fun and leisure, a safe international conference centre, and the spiritual home of English.)