GREAT BRITAINThe earliest known name for Great Britain is Albion or insula Albionum, from either the Latin albus meaning white (referring to the white cliffs of Dover, the first view of Britain from the continent) or the "island of the Albiones“.Great Britain Comprises England, Scotland and WalesGreat Britain, also known as Britain ,is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe.

GEOGRAPHYLocation North-western Europe

Archipelago British Isles

Adjacent bodies of water Atlantic Ocean

Area 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi)

Population 60,,800,000 as of 2011

Population rank 3rd

CountriesEngland, Scotland, Wales

Capital and largest city London (pop. 8,615,246)

Languages English (official), Scots, Norn, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Angloromani

ETHNIC GROUPS

86.8% White

7.1% Asian

3.1% Black

2.0% Mixed

0.3% Arab

0.6% Other

THE BRITISH MUSEUM I

is a museum dedicated to human history, art, and culture, located in the Bloomsbury area of London

ROMAN BATHSMuseum in Bath, EnglandThe Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The house is a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level

WINDSOR CASTLERoyal residence in Windsor, EnglandWindsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. The castle is notable for its long association with the English and later British royal family and also for its architecture.

STONEHENGE is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles west of Amesbury

and 8 miles north of Salisbury.Architectural style: Prehistoric Britain

FAMOUS BRITAIN WRITERALFRED ALVAREZAl Alvarez is an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who publishes under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez. Alvarez is the author of many non-fiction books. He is best known for his study of suicide, The Savage God, which gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath.

He has also written on divorce (Life After Marriage),

dreams (Night), and

the oil industry (Offshore),

as well as his hobbies of poker (The Biggest Game In Town)

The Shaping Spirit (1958)

Hunt (1979)

Feeding the Rat (1989)

Day of Atonement (1991)

FAMOUS BRITAIN WRITERWilliam Shakespeare is recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time.He then wrote 154 poems and 37 plays, and his fame has only increased with time.Venus and Adonis1593-first poem.

Hamlet

Much Ado About Nothing

Romeo and Juliet

The Tempest

All The World's A Stage

William Shakespeare Lines from "Hamlet":

"To be, or not to be: that is the question."

ROMEO AND JULIETThe greatest love story in English, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a play of star-crossed lovers who take a valiant stand against social convention, with tragic consequences

All The World's A StageAll the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lined,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

FAMOUS BRITAIN WRITERVirginia Henley (Author)

ROMANCE FICTION

The Falcon and the FlowerThe Hawk and the DoveEnslaved by Virginia HenleyThe Dragon and the Jewel (Dell Book)

Letter Of Love by Virginia Henley (Author)This short story is set in Elizabeth times.

At Hampton Court Palace, Queen Elizabeth has arranged a marriage for her ward Burgundy Bedford with Lord Nicholas Mountjoy, Earl of Devon.

This union will join two great shipping families and provide Mountjoy with vessels to transport his troops to Ireland to quell the uprising led by Tyrone of Ulster.

Burgundy plans to thwart the queen, as her mother did before her, by eloping the day before the wedding.

Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, laid the foundations for classical mechanics. Newton made seminal contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of calculus. Newton's Principia formulated the laws of motion .The System of the World: Observing the Heavens (Isaac Newton )

JAMES N. COOKThe Darkest Place: A Surviving the Dead NovelThe Passenger: A Surviving the Dead Novel

Warrior Within (Surviving the Dead)Fire In Winter (Surviving the Dead)

THE DARKEST PLACE is a harrowing tale of love, loss, and survival against all odds. And ultimately, of the enduring power of hope.

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence Paperback – September 15, 2015by Karen Armstrong (AuthorIn these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare

BRITISH MUSIC HALL SONGSThe Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte CarloTwo Lovely Black Eyes

SONGS OF WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II-Keep the Home Fires Burning, Pack up your Troubles

OTHER TRADITIONAL SONGSAuld Lang SyneEarly one morningIf you were the only girl in the worldKeep right on to the end of the road

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne,

We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne.

And surely ye'll be your pint stowp!

And surely I'll be mine!

And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne,

We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes

And pou'd the gowans fine;

But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,

Sin' auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne,

We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne.

Alan Coren was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for nine years was the editor of Punch magazine. Occupation Humourist, writer, journalist

ScriptwritingThe Losers- an unsuccessful sitcom about a wrestling promoter starring Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina. Tatler and The Times.BooksGolfing for Cats and The Cricklewood Diet.

Charlotte Dacre wrote under the pseudonym Rosa Matilda, and later adopted a second pseudonym to tease and confuse her critics. Death And The Lady -poemHours of Solitude (Poems)George the Fourth, a PoemThe Kiss - Poem by Charlotte Dacre

William Wordsworthwas a major English Romantic poet1804: Completes "Ode: Imitations of Immortality“ Wordsworth was Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850The Idiot Boy -is a lyrical poem by William Wordsworth. it tells the story of Betty Foy and the disabled son she lovesThe ThornLove (Coleridge)The Mad MotherWe Are Seven

Betty NeelsCathy WilliamsDavid BretFlora KiddPaul LevyPeter Levi

FAMOUS WRITERS

ROBERT BRIDGESHymnody-O Gladsome Light" (Phos Hilaron)

"O Sacred Head, sore wounded" (Paulus Gerhardt, 1656)

Bridges wrote and also translated historic hymns, and many of these were included in Songs of Syon (1904) and the later English Hymnal (1906). Several of Bridges' hymns and translations are still in use today:

Thee will I love, my God and King

"Happy are they that love God"Verse drama”

-Nero (1885), an historical tragedy

Prose Keats (1895) The Spirit of Man (1916)Poetry collectionsDemeter: A Mask (1905), -The Testament of Beauty (1929)The Testament of Beauty (1929)

FABLES IN GREAT BRITAIN Belling the Cat (Aesop) The Ant and the Grasshopper The Cat and the Mice The Cat as Holy Man The Lion and the Boar

THE DOVE AND THE CROW FABLE

Moral of Aesops Fable: To enjoy our blessings we must have freedom.

THE LION AND THE BOAR FABLE An Aesop's Fable