Tag: Great Britain

Of British cultural heritage there’s really quite a lot…

What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?

Of British cultural heritage

There’s really quite a lot

Literary, architectural

And not forgetting sport.

First there is our language

We gave it to the world

It’s very widely spoken

And known around the world.

We are the land of Shakespeare,

Charles Dickens and Jane Austin,

Of Hardy and George Orwell

To mention just a few.

Cathedrals, Churches, Castles

Old established towns

Architectural history

And character abounds.

The ancient Magna Carta

A thousand years of rights

A cradle of democracy

And parliamentary law.

Museums and galleries

Stately concert halls

Opera and Ballet

Not to mention rock.

And let’s not be forgetting

We gave the world our sports

Football, Rugby, Cricket

And Lawn Tennis too.

What makes Britain Great

For Ellen Hawley

Great Britain is ‘Great’ and always will be
The largest island in the British Isles
Ireland is smaller and so truly
Great Britain is ‘Great’ and always will be
It’s nothing to do with hope or glory
Our politicians’ boastful lies
Great Britain is ‘Great and always will be
It’s the largest island in the British Isles.

The ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’, official title of our country, consists of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland, six provinces on the smaller island of Ireland. It’s ‘Great’ in roughly the same way Great Yarmouth is. Someone should tell the politicians.