Your Guide to British Life, Culture and Customs
The British Life and Culture subsite is part of EnglishGoes E-learning Center website which gets you some of the fascinating facts and information about our beautiful country, in a way that is easy to read and to understand. All posts are mainly written about England, and parts of the UK where our students live and study.
Britain is the birthplace of Newton, Darwin, Shakespeare and the Beatles; home of the world’s largest foreign exchange market, the world’s richest football club – Manchester United , the inventor of the hovercraft and the JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books. From Scotland to Cornwall, Britain is full of customs and traditions. A lot of them have very long histories. Some are funny and some are strange. But they’re all interesting and are all part of the British way of life. Throughout this section of our website you will have the chance to discover many of our customs and traditions.
Below are the facts about Britain and British Culture! you can brownse for more information:
Britain: Not One, but Four in One.
Off the northwest coast of mainland Europe between latitude 50 degree North and 61 degree North is a group of about 5,000 big and small islands collectively called British Isles. Among them are two large islands. Read more…
The Union Jack: known as The Union Flag
The Four Lands: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
England is the most popular when people think about English people, and England is the place where capital city – London is located…
Scotland was an independent kingdom until King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne and became…….
Wales – Wales is called a “land of music” because many Welsh people can sing well. People often form choirs and sing together. Welsh folklore is also very beautiful. Every year, Wales organizes an Eisteddfod, the largest literature and music festival there. With Competitions in poetry, music and prose, this festival aims at preserving Welsh traditional culture.
Great Britain and Ireland were reunited in 1801 and in 1921 Ireland was partitioned. Southern Ireland known as Eire a separate country ……
