England was always very special. It was so important because the reason Benny and I started writing was the Beatles. During the Sixties, England was everything. To be number one in England was more important than being number one in America because England set the tone. Bjorn Ulvaeus americabeatlesbenny share on social
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet. Bill Bryson backbaconbeacon Change image and share on social
England was incredibly dull and everything exciting seemed to be in America. Gerald Scarfe americadullengland Change image and share on social
England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be. Jamie Campbell Bower englandhome Change image and share on social
English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be. Zadie Smith bulkcomplexityenglish Change image and share on social
English banjo players really were a law unto themselves - you don't find that kind of brisk banjo playing on the original Louis Armstrong or Bix Beiderbecke records. Pete Townshend armstrongbanjobeiderbecke Change image and share on social
English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency. Nicola Sturgeon bigbusinesscost Change image and share on social
English churchmen have long gazed with love on the primitive church as the ideal of Christian perfection, the Eden wherein the first fathers of their faith walked blameless before God and passionless towards each other. Sabine Baring-Gould blamelesschristianchurch share on social
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared. Jane Gardam archerchekhovcompare Change image and share on social
English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men. Germaine Greer basicallycareculture Change image and share on social
