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Roifield and David talk about The Archers a British radio soap opera on BBC Radio 4 which has been broadcast since 1951, having aired over 19,100 episodes, it is the world's longest-running drama. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"The countryside holds a special place at the heart of English life and culture. And although the vast majority of Britons are now urban, the countryside remains for most people in Britain an idyllic place, a place where one can live and relax. At weekends and other moments of free time, Britons love to go to the country. And they do not hesitate to do so, because the English countryside is beautiful, diverse, and often easily accessible from the major cities. For many people, the countryside is...
The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in England. It was founded in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald , and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner News Group Newspapers division of News UK . It was the beating heart of England in the 80's under editor Kelvin McKenzie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Do I need to introduce them? A boy band, popular back in the 60-s and early 70s. Can a 4 piece really be part of what makes England? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Curry is a variety of dishes originating in the Indian subcontinent that uses combination of spices or herbs , usually including ground turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and fresh or dried chilies. The word also originated in Southern India and Curry is generally prepared in a sauce. The UK celebrates National Curry Week every October because we have made curry our own. it’s so popular that it contributes more than £5bn to the British economy. Chicken Tikka Masala has been the nations favourit...
A nice cup of tea, a cuppa, tea at the Ritz, I'm off for my tea now...tea time. Not just a thing that made England, but the thing that helps get it moving, and at the same time put its feet up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Birmingham is the second city in England, a " city of a thousand trades " its the heart of modern Britain, Birmingham is the cultural, social, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Birmingham is the epitome if Englishness, it's had a civil war battle, victorian grandeur, ring roads and Baltis. It's growth shadows the rise of industrial England, it's the city of thousand trades and fuelled the industrial revolution. Though mentioned in the Doomsday book Birmingham became an urban and c...
England's geography has played a significant part in shaping her history and culture and making her as she is. I say that without fear of contradiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
England is a haunted country. Yokel bear talks about the English tradition of literary ghost fiction. Nineteenth-century England was perhaps the golden age of the ghost... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hello and Merry Xmas, it's me Roifield without David, we thought we'd give you an episode of songs that remind you of England. We asked you on Facebook to nominate your most English of ditties, so as you pull your crackers we give you some songs that made England! Michael Wheal - Vin da Loo! Alison Mary Hebborn Remember 'singing ' Jerusalem on a coach to the hotel after a Czech /English wedding. The Beatles - I want to hold your hand. Stephen Bōden wrote on the facebook page, “I vow to thee my c...
'I'm off down the allotment!'. What could be more English than that? Literally nothing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BBC Radio 4 is a spoken-word radio channel owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams , and the station is part of BBC Radio and the BBC Radio department. The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House , London . Radio 4 is the principal radio channel in the UK for: news and current affairs debate and discussion comedy culture, arts and drama science and technol...
The English queue even in a crowded bar, when the casual observer might see no physical evidence. But is this any different to the Canadians, or Singaporeans, both high quality queuing nations? Why do the English queue. I think I have the secret. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Football is a global sport. Football is thought to have originated in twelfth century England and became so popular that the Kings Henry II and Henry IV had to ban it. It’s a game where the average sized person can excell. The shot to success ratio being low meaning that a team of lesser ability can overcome a better one. What helped with the globalisation of football was Britains global influence. At the peak of its power, the British Empire nearly covered a quarter of the planet, meaning that ...
England has had a reputation for a certain kind of traditional fashion (suits, boots and so on) for a while, but in the 60’s English Fashion surprised the world. And English flair for fashion design has carried on ever since. Or so I would contend. But what I know about fashion could be written on the inside of a ping pong ball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Margaret Vivienne Calvert is a British typographer and graphic designer who, with colleague Jock Kinneir, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom, as well as the Transport font used on road signs, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Magna Carta has a reputation as one of the foundational documents in the development of the rights of the individual and in limiting he powers of monarchs. What does it actually say? And does it deserve its reputation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Margaret Thatcher, 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013 was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990. The longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century she was the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the Iron Lady. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism . Roifield proposes that her tenure kicks starts English and Scottish nationalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
For a while, from the 13th to 15th centuries, the king of England possessed a military tool that no other nation appeared to be able to imitate. The argument is whether it had any lasting impact of why England is as she is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The modern suit was founded in the industrial revolution in the late 18th century in London. Mens clothing moved away from the elaborately embroidered and jewelled formality of the 18th century into the simpler and more elegant clothing of the British Regency period, which gradually evolved to the stark formality of the Victorian period. It was in the search for more comfort that the loosening of rules gave rise in the late 19th century to the modern two piece suit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
The greatest game invented by the human race. Surely a simple decision? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Roifield and David discuss the most English of condiments, HP or Brown sauce that is fighting to keep all manner of fancy BBQ and other foreign sauces from invading our English dining tables! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Where does the flag of St George come from and why is it England's national flag? Is it a symbol of unity or division, why is there relatively little flag waving in England and should we be waving it more? And most importantly - does it go in the cabinet as one of the things that made England? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Battle of Dunkirk was a military operation that took place in Dunkirk, France, at the Second World War which as come to define 20th Century England. The battle was fought between the Allies and Germany, as part of the Battle of France. The Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation to Britain of British and other Allied forces in Europe from 26 May to 4 June 1940, something that was seen as miraculous a that time. The War Cabinet under Winston Churchill the newly appointed as the Prime...
Roifield presents the proposition that Ska is not just important because it's the one musical form everyone can dance to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Are English accents a joy and delight, a sign of rich diversity or irritating and divisive? And what is it about the Midlands that makes everyone think they can ignore it? Luke tells us what you all thought of Ska Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roifield presents the proposition that Ska is not just important because it's the one musical form everyone can dance to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Where else could we possibly start other than at the most famous date in English history. The Normans. Is this an iconic event which made England as she is? Was it a good thing, bad thing - or just a thing? Or just a matter of very poor hairstyles? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
