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CHAPTER 1 ALL ABOUT GREAT BRITAIN & THE U.K.
GREAT ISLES AROUND
The Island of 20,000 Saints; The Island Where Cats Without Tails Live; Islets as Micronations; The English Channel and the Channel Tunnel
HERALDRY
The Royal Flags
MORE NATIONAL SYMBOLS
The Power of the Lion; The Pound Sterling; God Save The Queen; Country Facts and National Emblems – an Overview
A BRIEF LONDON HISTORY
Built, Destroyed, Rebuilt, Destroyed, Rebuilt…; Golden Medieval Times; Fun for the Rich and the Poor; London Reborn; “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”; Gin Craze; Population Boom; Regency vs Poverty; Grown, Destroyed, Rebuilt; ‘Made In London’; On the Screen; Blitz-Years; Destroyed, Rebuilt; A Multicultural Metropolis
SCOTLAND
Internationally Important; Fighting for Independence; Modern Scotland; The Clans; Districts; The Haunted Country; Creatures in and out of Water; Great Scots (Speed in Their Mind; Healthcare Development; With Words and Voice; Telecommunication; From Courts and Fields
Mary, Queen of Scots)
CYMRU (WALES)
Celtic Origins, Christian Celts, the Celtic Saints of Wales; Settled, Invaded, Protected, United; Yr Hen Iaith, the ‘Old Tongue’; Y Ddraig Goch, the Red Dragon; Creatures of an Other World; Lovespoons; Singing all over the Place; Great Welsh
CONSERVATION
What To Preserve And How; Animals (Millions of ‘Four-Legged Lawnmowers’; Seagull-Filch; Wooly Cattle; ‘Fishes Royal’; Squirrels Around; Highland Habitat; Rabbits for all Occasions)
First book on history (p14); Britannia (p15); Lake, loch or lough? (p17); Best land (p19); A village with a long name (p21); So many Victorias (p25); Lionhearts (p27); The ghost of the bank (p29); Billions (p30); The cheating queen (p36); Two capital cities (p37); “Charlie, drink your gin!” (p38); Teenager criminals? (p39); Bad smell (p39); Communication boom (p40); The FA Cup (p41); Museum underground (p43); Scottish, Scots or Scotch? (p45); Oh, those fairies (p51); The Shetland go Scottish (p52); Drama at Dunblane School (p57); How to spell ‘Stuart’? (p59); Land with llans (p61); Naughty Puck (p65); Black or brown? (p74); How many swans are there? (p75); How do you say that? (p77)
CHAPTER 2 GREAT TRADITIONS
FOOD IN BRITAIN
Full Fry; Traditional Fish’n Chips; Sandwich Madness; Convenience Food; Top British Food; Marmite – Love It Or Hate It
TIME FOR TEA
The Milky Way?; Tea Times; Misbeliefs; Modern Tea-Types
GREAT PUBS
Pub Names And Where They Come From; A Brief Beer-Guide; Drinking Alcohol Legally In Britain; Challenge 21 Or 25; From Ciders To Whisk(E)Y
DRIVING ON THE LEFT
Change To The Right?; Riding On The River – On The Right
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
British Humor; To Survive with Laughter; Drawing as the Source of Fun; Humour at any Time; Other Ways of Entertainment; At the Seaside; Music in Britain; Multi-Art Britain; Music Festivals (Stop Noise – The Isle of Wight Festival; Going Green Glastonbury; Pink Sheep in The Fields)
BIRTHPLACE OF THE GREATEST SPORTS
Olympic Royals; High-Performance vs Free Time Sport; From the Violent Ball Game to Contemporary Football; Rowing and Boat Races (The Boat Race with Millions of Viewers);
Celtic Culture Never Ends: the Highland Games
FROM RELIGIOUS TO MAD EVENTS – THE GREAT EVENT CALENDAR
A British Event Calendar for 2019; Christmas in the U.K.; Remember the 5th of November
ROYAL TRADITIONS
Royal Responsibilities; Names and Ranks; Military Appearance; The Royal Line of Succession; A Royal Christmas
Salt pudding (p81); The Queen’s sandwiches (p82); Teahouse at the museum (p86); Ice or iced (p88); Small brewery, big business (p91); Herbal whiskey (p94); Drive right at The Savoy (p96); Home of old vinyl discs (p103); Team GB (p106); HRH President of BOA (p107); Hit the cork (p109); Origin of football derbies (p109); The first football club? (p110); Redgrave not shot (p111); Laurie-races (p103); The most well-known pudding (p120); Traitors (p121); You bet – guess the baby’s name (p123); “Your Majesty…Mum” (p124); Visiting Sandrigham (p126); Royal Christmas lunch (p127)
CHAPTER 3 GR8 LANDMARKS AND ICONS
MADE OF STONE
Great Circles; A Great Walking Path by the Atlantic
CASTLES IN BRITAIN
Windsor; The Defender of Scotland; Castles in Wales; “The Loveliest Castle in The World”
ICONIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Oxbridge; Cambridge University
CATHEDRALS
A Marvellous Structure – St Paul’s Cathedral; Witchcraft and Wizardry at Gloucester; But Are the British Religious?
GREAT LONDON ICONS
RGB – Red, Green, Black Phone-Kiosks; The Knowledge; The Master of London Routes
OTHER POPULAR ICONS
The ‘Brolly’; Traditional Scotswear from Ireland?; The Crown Jewels; Vehicles on Tracks and the Road; Automobiles (Made for the Poor, Bought by the Rich); The Beatles
MILLENNIUM ICONS
The Cairns; They Were Late for the Clock to Strike the Millennium; Built Temporarily, but Remains Forever?; The Entire World in Two Domes; Modern art
CELEBRITIES OF ALL TIMES – ICONS FROM THE NEWS
The Queen; The Queen in Numbers; King of the Stage: William Shakespeare (Early Years in Stratford; Marriage and Children; The First Poem: Venus And Adonis; The King’s Men; Tragedy in the Family; The Globe; The Words of Shakespeare); Other Iconic Celebrities (The Beckhams; Culinary Celebrities; The Musical Baron)
How was it built? (p131); Wiccas at Stonehenge (p132); A Popular figure of ghosts (p139); Bastide towns (p140); The big bulldog is watching you (p143); King Henry VIII’s college (p144); City or town? (p145); London bishops (p149); Monasteries no more (p150); Taxis U.K.-round (p153); The tram of London (p153); Umbrella code (p155); Wrong kilts; (p156) The best view over London (p162); Love affair of Royal pups (p165); The abdication of the king (p167); Without descendants (p170); Theatres saved (p170); Where is Shakespeare’s head (p172); Really Useful (p.176)
GLOSSARY OF NAMES, TERMS AND DATES
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