Stay ConnectedAn affectionate meandering through the things that make England the way she is – from HP Sauce to the Allottment, Aethelstan to the politics of Queuing. With Luke Baxter, Roifield Brown, David Crowther and Fiona Powell trying to make some sense of it all, though rarely succeeding it might be said. And when you’ve listened, join us on Facebook, vote, and tell us what you think.
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England's geography has played a significant part in shaping her history and culture and making her as she is. I say that without fear of contradiction.
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England is a haunted country. Yokel bear talks about the English tradition of literary ghost fiction. Nineteenth-century England was perhaps the golden age of the ghost...
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Hello and Merry Xmas, it's me Roifield without David, we thought we'd give you an episode of songs that remind you of England. We asked you on Facebook to nominate your most English of ditties, so as you pull your crackers we give you some songs that made England!
Michael Wheal - Vin da Loo!
Alison Mary Hebborn Remember 'singing ' Jerusalem on a coach to the hotel after a Czech /English wedding.
The Beatles - I want to hold your hand.
Stephen Bōden wrote on the facebook page, “I vow to thee my country” deserves a place on any such list
Abide with me', it was nominmated by one David Crowther
A Song of Patriotic Prejudice by Flanders and Swann: which was nominated by Patrick Adams.
Stephen Bōden wrote that In these days of austerity, I reckon there’s a place in our national discourse for “Hard Times of Old England”.
The Human League's - Don't You Want Me" unmistakably the moment the Second British Invasion, hit The States
Blur - Park Life
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks was originally entitled "Liverpool Sunset".
On Facebook Richard Lyle opted for Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Lets All Go Down The Strand And Have A Banana.
Baddiel and Skinner’s - Three Lions.
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'I'm off down the allotment!'. What could be more English than that? Literally nothing
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BBC Radio 4 is a spoken-word radio channel owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams, and the station is part of BBC Radio and the BBC Radio department. The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London.
Radio 4 is the principal radio channel in the UK for:
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The English queue even in a crowded bar, when the casual observer might see no physical evidence. But is this any different to the Canadians, or Singaporeans, both high quality queuing nations? Why do the English queue. I think I have the secret.
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Football is a global sport. Football is thought to have originated in twelfth century England and became so popular that the Kings Henry II and Henry IV had to ban it.
It’s a game where the average sized person can excell. The shot to success ratio being low meaning that a team of lesser ability can overcome a better one. What helped with the globalisation of football was Britains global influence. At the peak of its power, the British Empire nearly covered a quarter of the planet, meaning that it was very easy to spread the game of football.
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England has had a reputation for a certain kind of traditional fashion (suits, boots and so on) for a while, but in the 60’s English Fashion surprised the world. And English flair for fashion design has carried on ever since. Or so I would contend. But what I know about fashion could be written on the inside of a ping pong ball.
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Magna Carta has a reputation as one of the foundational documents in the development of the rights of the individual and in limiting he powers of monarchs. What does it actually say? And does it deserve its reputation?
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