Outlook on England
This website is devoted to England and English culture with the aim of encouraging
people to look at this great country through fresh eyes.
The river Ure at West Tanfield, North Yorkshire.
Dyrham Park, near Bath, South Gloucestershire.
England is rich in beautiful countryside and buildings.Above is a fine example. Built in the reign of William 111.
and surrounded by 272 acres of gardens and parkland, look out for the many deer that wander the area.
After looking through Outlook on England I hope it helps enthuse you to explore our beautiful country.
It may be culture or fashion.Countryside or vibrant modern cities.Village pubs or good food, England has it all.
"A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened them in their hour of peril."
Sir Winston Churchill.
On this website you will find many things to do with England and English culture.We visit the Cotswolds,
Norfolk, Shropshire and other parts of England.
We look at a St George's Day celebration in the heart of England as well as the contribution to music, film,
books and products such as pottery "Made in England" that the English have given the world.
So go ahead, explore and enjoy your visit to Outlook on England and celebrate over a thousand years of history
and culture.
A few words from one of England's great writers George
Orwell
From England your England “But talk to foreigners, read foreign books or
newspapers, and you are brought back to the same thought. Yes, there is
something distinctive and recognizable in English civilization. It is a culture
as individual as that of Spain. It is somehow bound up with solid breakfasts and
gloomy Sundays, smoky towns and winding roads, green fields and red
pillar-boxes. It has a flavour of its own. Moreover it is continuous, it
stretches into the future and the past, there is something in it that persists,
as in a living creature. What can the England of 1940 have in common with the
England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose
photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen
to be the same person.
And above all, it is your civilization, it is you.
However much you hate it or laugh at it, you will never be happy away from it
for any length of time. The suet puddings and the red pillar-boxes have entered
into your soul. Good or evil, it is yours, you belong to it, and this side the
grave you will never get away from the marks that it has given you”
George
Orwell
Driveway and entrance to Waddeston Manor, Buckinghamshire.
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Members of an Anglo Saxon living history group in Victoria Square, Birmingham
Origin of the name England.
In the 5th century the Britons invited Anglo Saxon tribes to help them in their fight against the Picts from the North.Many came, Angles, Saxons and Jutes which we colletively call the Anglo Saxons.
The leaders of the Anglo Saxons were Hengst and Horsa who led an uprising against Vortigern, King of the Britons.
After several years of conflict the Anglo Saxon's prevailed and the name England derived from the Angles,Engla-Lond
"Land of the Angles"
Largest ever Anglo-Saxon gold find
The largest ever discovery of Anglo- Saxon gold artefacts has been found in a Staffordshire field
by 55 year old Terry Herbert. An amazing amount, more that 1500 objects were found with his metal detector.
The Anglo Saxon treasure is thought to be from the 7th century in what was the Kingdom of Mercia.
It was held at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery for awhile before being taken to the British museum for valuation.
The money has now been found to keep the hoard in its rightful place, the West Midlands or Mercia if you prefer.
Also a Mercian trail is planned between Birmingham and Stoke which will include Tamworth and Lichfield.
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