Top 10 Best of All Things British

The Top Ten

  1. Tea

    Now, I don't know if this is what makes the British the best, but hopefully I can go there and taste their tea!

    There is something magical about sipping a nice cup of English tea.

  2. Music

    I'm an American who really likes Britpop. Is an American like me knowing who Supergrass, Ash, and Kula Shaker are a sign of how much I love music from the UK? But my favorite band of all time would have to be Oasis, who are also part of the Britpop genre and the one who got me into music from the UK. Overall, I just really like the music that comes out of the UK, and I hope it keeps giving the world more great music artists.

    I'm Canadian and I love mostly all music, so I'm not blind to good music! I heard what the Brits have given the world in music. The whole British Invasion is still one of my favorite music eras!

  3. London

    London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the southeastern part of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for over two millennia.

    It is one of the world's most important global cities, with significant influence in... read more

    I really wish I lived in the UK. I wish I could have been born there too. I love that country!

  4. Fish & Chips

    Wow! I just adore fat, greasy chips, floating in vinegar and smothered in salt. I'm so hungry right now.

  5. Sense of humour

  6. Writers

    Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Catherine Cookson. And don't even get me started on British comedy writers. Good God, we'd be here forever, darling!

    Please don't forget C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Oh, and Charlotte Bronte and Mary Shelley. These British authors I cannot do without.

  7. The Royal Family

  8. Comedy

    Monty Python, Blackadder, Bottom, Shaun of the Dead - all examples of excellent British comedies.

    The list of successful Great British comedies is endless...and I have other things to do.

    Mr Bean is so cute. He is my childhood friend.

  9. Actors

  10. Weather

    How unpredictable - no need to make a nice cuppa and grab a pair of Walkers crisps just to watch some nice ITV. The weather itself is enough entertainment!

    Very unpredictable. Yes, us Brits love a jolly good moan about it, but we secretly love it. A conversation-starter at least!

    Ah, British weather - one minute it's sunny, the next minute it's pouring with rain.

    11. The Newcomers
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    Radiohead

    Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway, and Ed O'Brien.

    Known for their experimentation and sonic evolution, they rose to international prominence with OK Computer and continued... read more

  12. ?

    Harry Styles

    Harry Edward Styles is an English singer and songwriter. He initially gained fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. He has since launched a successful solo career with albums Harry Styles, Fine Line, and Harry's House, producing global hits such as "Watermelon Sugar" and "As It Was."

    13. The Contenders

  13. People

    Very friendly, polite, cracking sense of humour, intelligent...

  14. Inventions

    It is so funny that Americans are so full of themselves but they do not realize that the light bulb (Arc lamp), Baseball (Rounders), and the internet were invented by the British. Ah, those funny Yanks.

    The internet. Google the rest, which you will find on said internet. There are far too many world-changing inventions to go into.

    Well, not the internet but certainly the World Wide Web.

  15. Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey is a historical period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece. The series is set in the early 20th century and follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants. It originally aired from 2010 to 2015.

    Thank you to whoever added this. I love my weekly hour of escapism into an era I absolutely adore.

  16. Cricket

    Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch with a wicket, a set of three wooden stumps sited at each end. It is one of the most popular sports in countries like India, England, Australia, and... read more

    Watching English cricket on a summer's day. The sound of polite applause as a plane drones overhead. Just wonderful.

  17. The Countryside

  18. Doctor Who

    Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme follows the adventures of a Time Lord called "the Doctor", an extraterrestrial being from the planet Gallifrey.

    The Doctor travels through time and space in a ship called the TARDIS, which... read more

  19. Stiff upper lip

  20. British YouTubers

  21. The Accent

  22. The Beatles

    The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of the 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular... read more

  23. Pomp and ceremony

  24. Universities

  25. Rowan Atkinson

    Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean.

  26. David Attenborough

    Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.

    He is best known for writing and presenting, in collaboration with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the nine nature documentary series that comprise the Life collection... read more

  27. The London Underground

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