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the Proms

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eight-week summer season of orchestral classical music in various venues (including the Royal Albert Hall)

organised by the BBC since 1927

last night of the proms is the most well-known concert broadcast on TV

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Henry Purcell

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organist at Westminster Abbey

wrote church music, operas and other pieces, developed a British style distinct from that elsewhere in Europe

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George Frederick Handel

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spent many years in the UK and became a British citizen in 1727

wrote water music for King George I and music for the royal fireworks for George II

also wrote Messiah which is sung by choirs, often at easter

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Gustav Holst

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the planets, a suite of pieces themed around the planets of the solar system

adapted jupiter, part of the planets suite, as the tune for i vow to thee my country, a popular hym in british churches

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Sir Edward Elgar

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born in worcester

best known work is the pomp and circumstance marches
- march no 1 (land of hope and glory) is usually played at the last night of the proms at the royal albert hall

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

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wrote music for orchestras and choirs

strongly influenced by traditional English folk music

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Sir William Walton

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wide range of music, from film scores to opera

wrote marches for the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II

best known works are probably facade, which became a ballet, and balthazar’s feast, which is meant to be sung by a large choir

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Benjamin Britten

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best known for his operas, which include peter grimes and billy budd

also wrote a young person’s guide to the orchestra, based on a piece of music by purcell

founded the Aldeburgh festival in Suffolk

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famous festivals

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Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight Festival and the V Festival

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

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annual cultural festival which includes music, dance, art and original performances largely in Welsh

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Mercury Music Prize

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awarded each September for the best album from the UK and Ireland

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Brit Awards

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annual event that gives awards in a range of categories

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theatreland

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London’s West End

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longest initial run of any show in history

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the mousetrap by Dame Agatha Christie

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strong tradition of musical theatre

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in the 19th century, Gilbert and Sullivan wrote comic operas, making fun of popular culture and politics
- HMS Pinafore, the Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado

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Edinburgh Festival

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takes place every summer in Edinburgh

series of different arts and cultural festivals
- biggest and most well known is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (showcase of mainly theatre and comedy performances or experimental work)

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Laurence Olivier Awards

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annually at different venues in London

named after British Actor Sir Laurence Olivier, later Lord Olivier

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well known galleries

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London: National Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern

Cardiff: National Museum

Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland

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Turner Prize

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established in 1984, celebrates contemporary art

four works shortlisted every year and shown at the Tate Britain before the winner is announced

recognised as one of the most prestigious visual art awards in Europe

previous winners: Damien Hirst, Richard Wright

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Thomas Gainsborough

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portrait painter painting people in country or garden scenery

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David Allan

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Scottish painter known for painting portraits

one of his most famous works is called the origin of painting

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Joseph Turner

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influential landscape painter in a modern style

artist who raised the profile of landscape painting

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John Constable

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landscape painter most famous for his works of Dedham Vale on the Suffolk-Essex border in the east of England

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pre-raphaelites

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important group of artists in the second half of the 19th century

detailed pictures on religious or literary themes in bright colours

holman hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir John Millais

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Sir John Lavery

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successful Northern Irish portrait painter

painted the Royal Family

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Henry Moore

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English sculptor and artist

best known for large bronze abstract sculptures

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John Petts

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Welsh artists, best known for his engravings and stained glass

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Lucian Freud

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German-born British artist

best known for his portraits

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David Hockney

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important contributor to the pop art movement of the 60s

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cathedrals from the middle ages

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in Durham, Lincoln, Canterbury and Salisbury

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norman castle keep

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white tower in the tower of london

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architecture in the 17th century

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Inigo Jones took inspiration from classical architecture to design the Queen’s House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall in London

later, Sir Christopher Wren helped develop a British version of the ornate styles popular in Europe in buildings like the new St Paul’s Cathedrawl

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architecture in the 18th century

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simple designs became popular

Scottish architect Robert Adam influenced architecture in the UK, Europe and America
- designed inside decoration as well as the building in great houses like Dumfries House in Scotland
- ideas influenced architects in cities such as bath, where the Royal Crescent was built

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architecture in the 19th century

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gothic style became popular again

houses of parliament, st pancras station, town halls in cities like Manchester and Sheffield

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architecture in the 20th century

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Sir Edwin Lutyens designed New Delhi to be the seat of government in India

after WWI, responsible for war memorials like the Cenotaph in Whitehall
- site of the annual Remembrance Day service

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modern British architects

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Sir Norman Foster, Lord Richard Rogers and Dame Zaha Hadid

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landscaping and garden design

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in the 18th century, Lancelot Capability Brown designed the grounds around country houses so that the landscape appeared to be natural, with grass, trees and lakes

Gertrude Jekyll worked with Edwin Lutyens to design colourful gardens around the houses he designed

annual Chelsea Flower Show showcases garden design from Britain and around the world

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designers

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Thomas Chippendale (furniture in the 18th century)

Clarice Cliff (Art Deco ceramics)

Sir Terence Conran (20th century interior designer)

Mary Quant, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood (fashion designers

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British writers winning the Nobel Prize in Literature

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novellist Sir William Golding, poet Seamus Heaney, playwright Harold Pinter

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country’s best-loved novel in 2003

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the lord of the rings

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Man Booker Prize for Fiction

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awarded annually for the best fiction novel written by an author from the commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe

awarded since 1968

past winners include Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes

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Jane Austen

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English novelist

Pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility

concerned with marriage and family relationships

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Charles Dickens

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Oliver Twist, Great Expectations

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Thomas Hardy

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author and poet

focus on rural society

far from the madding crowd, jude the obscure

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Scottish doctor and writer

best known for his stories about Sherlock Holmes, who was one of the first fictional detectives

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Evelyn Waugh

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satirical novels

Decline and Fall, Scoop, Brideshead Revisited

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Sir Kingsley Amis

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English novelist and poet

wrote more than 20 poets

most well known is Lucky Jim

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Graham Greene

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novels often influenced by his religious beliefs

The Heart of the Matter, The Honorary Consul, Brighton Rock, Our Man in Havana

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JK Rowling

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Harry Potter series

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Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf

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hero’s battles against monsters

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poems from the Middle Ages

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Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

poem called Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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sonnets

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poems that are 14 lines long

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John Milton

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Paradise Lost

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William Woodsworth

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inspired by nature

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Sir Walter Scott

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poems inspired by Scotland

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