London

London is one of the world’s three largest cities (the other two are New York and Tokyo). It is one of the world’s most important ports and it is the capital Great Britain. The Romans founded a settlement on the River Thames 2000 years ago. They called it Londinium. London became a prosperous trading centre […]

Great Britain - Великобритания

Great Britain The full name of the country the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and a great number of small islands. Their total area is over 314 000 sq. km. The […]

English Traditions

English Traditions  Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about three hundred years that all the […]

British Art, Theatre, Music

British Art, Theatre, Music There was little pictorial art in England until the great miniaturists of the Tudor epoch. There were portraits on a large scale, but they were in the main, of foreign origin, notably Dutch like Holbein. Then came Hogarth, the first great native painter born at the end of the 17th century, […]