Ralph Waldo Emerson traced a common thread running throughout English literature.

According to Kipling, the British Empire was the last resort of Englishmen who could not stand conditions at home.

Perhaps European harmonisation would make life easier, but that would be only the beginning.

Our peculiar brand of democracy and liberty is a noble thing, but we should be wary of recommending it to other countries.

Robert Tomson was a typical Englishman and it nearly killed him, but it also made him a fortune and won him a bride.

The great French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte protested that in calling England ‘a nation of shopkeepers’ he had paid us a compliment.