“I built the ideal house down in the Caribbean. All Englishmen dream of leaving the rain of England and getting a place in the sun - out in the grounds with separate guest houses; that is the ideal scenario.” DreamHouseSunBuiltRainIdealsEnglandLeavingGuestsScenariosEnglishmenCaribbean Author:Robin Leach
“France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.” PrinciplesBuiltEnglandFranceColonyExclusion Book:Montcalm and Wolfe Source: Montcalm and Wolfe
“The Germans are called brutal, the Spanish cruel, the Americans superficial, and so on; but we are perfide Albion, the island of hypocrites, the people who have built up an Empire with a Bible in one hand, a pistol in the other, and financial concessions in both pockets. Is the charge true? I think it is.” PeopleThinkingHandsBuiltEnglandFinancialIslandsPocketsEmpiresBrutalSuperficialHypocritePistolsConcessions Author:E. M. Forster
“Georgian England, to see those wonderful houses being built. And the clothes were interesting too, although I wouldn't want to wear a wig. It's also the most beautiful period of English landscape gardening. They had famous gardeners like Capability Brown.” WantBeautifulHouseInterestingWonderfulPeriodsClothesBuiltEnglandLandscapeBrownCapabilityGardeningGardenerWigsGeorgians Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.” MenWorldLittlesWarHandsEarthHouseSeaLandWallKingsOfficeBuiltStonesEnglandBlessedEnvyRealmsParadiseSeatsPlotSilverMarsThronesRoyalMajestyEdenInfectionFortressesIslePrecious StonesMoatsParadise On Earth Author:William Shakespeare
“God save the Queen and a fascist regime … a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure. Never go too far in any direction, is the basic law on which Limey-Land is built. The Queen stabilizes the whole sinking shithouse and keeps a small elite of wealth and privilege on top. The English have gone soft in the outhouse. England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead. Ingloriously foundering in its own waste products, the backlash and bad karma of empire” KnowsWholeLawWealthGoneLandStupidProductsWasteBuiltEnglandPrivilegeKarmaQueensBeastEmpiresFascismRegimesElitesFascistsSinkingBacklashBad KarmaToothless Author:William S. Burroughs
“Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 'Til we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land” HandsDesireFightingDarkSleepWalksFireFeetLandDivineHolyMountainBuiltGoldEnglandGreenShiningAncientCloudsCeaseBurningHillsPleasantBowsArrowsLambsJerusalemMillsCountenanceSpearsSatanicPasturesChariotsCloudedAncient TimesLamb Of GodChariots Of Fire Author:William Blake
“Of course, the underlying structure of everything in England is posh. There is no in-between with these people. You have to walk a mile to find a telephone booth, but when you find it, it is built as if the senseless dynamiting of pay phones had been a serious problem at some time in the past. And a British mailbox can presumably stop a German tank.” PeopleIfsProblemPastCoursesWalksPaySeriousBuiltEnglandStructurePhonesBritishMilesTelephonesTanksPoshMailboxes Author:Neal Stephenson
“Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent? Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man. Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think: Look into the pewter pot To see the world as the world's not.” IfsThinkingMenWorldWayLooksDoeWould BeStuffHurtDrinkBuiltEnglandFellowsDancingDrinkingHopsJustifyPotPeersMuseYardsIt HurtsPipeLiquorMiltonAleMaltPewter Author:A. E. Housman