Culture of the United Kingdom

The the United Kingdom has a cultural heritage of a remarkable richness and a large variety. Poetry, Theater, Painting, Cinema, the quality of the chiefs of work accumulated during the centuries is recognized with the four corners of planet. The artistic expression covers today a range of disciplines even vaster - political Satire with the musics of the world - which give well an account of the creativity, the independence of mind and the cultural diversity of the British people. Being an island the britannqiues were and are a large seafaring nation. Their dominations on the seas will be one of the bases de lor worsens colonial. First world power in 1914, l´anglais and jusqu´aujourd´hui the international language, and English has jusqú aujourd´hui a mentality of great power often wanting to dissociate other Europeans.

Languages

The regional languages recognized are:
  • the Cornique (in Cornouailles)
  • the Scottish (in Scotland)
  • the Welsh (in Wales)
  • the Irish (in Northern Ireland)
  • the Scots (in Scotland)
  • the scots of Ulster (in Northern Ireland)

The local governments are also free to make use of languages of immigrants or other languages according to their choice and the demography of their district.

Science

It is reported that in 2006, the United Kingdom was bases it of the most productive research after the the United States and trained innumerable scientists and engineers. One allots to the British scientific discoveries such as the Hydrogène, the Oxygène, the Gravité, the electron S, the structure DNA and of the inventions like the Télévision, the modern Vélo, the Ordinateur. The United Kingdom was also the first country to introduce the radio public continuously, the public transport system by rails and the network of civil and military radar fully operational.

Philosophy

More brilliant philosophers were originating in the United Kingdom. Among one found John Locke, David Hume and Bertrand Russell. The country counted also many philosophers on the other side of the channel born like Isaiah Berlin, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Marx.

Beautiful arts

  • Arts & Crafts
  • National Gallery
  • Préraphaélisme
  • Prix Turner
  • Touches Gallery

Literature

Music

London remains one of the principal capitals of the world of Classical music

Education

The country has some of most influential and famous seats of education superior like the Université of Oxford, the Université of Cambridge but also the University College of London ( UCL ) and the Université of London. In 2007 one counted 112 universities and university colleges . The United Kingdom has also a system of deprived education very heard and developed paradoxically called Public Schools .

Audio-visual

Festivals

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