Basically people in Britain live in two types of houses, all depending on your income: in terraced houses, and in detached houses:
Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland is the leading industrial centre and a large port:
Bond Street near St. Paul's Cathedral is a busy street full of London, provincial and foreign newspaper offices:
But the usual English breakfast is rolls and butter and coffee:
Darts is a game in which feathered arrows, called darts, are thrown at a board divided into sections with numbers on them:
Everybody in the clan had the same family name, like MacDonald or Macgregor (Mac means "son of"):
In Wales oatmeal is the chief cereal:
Most foreigners are astonished at learning that there is no written constitution in Great Britain:
MPs are elected either at a general election, or at a by-election following the death or retirement of an MP:
One of the most famous places in London is Downing Street, the London residence of the Prime Minister:
Supper is usually a light snack and may include an omelette or sausages, sometimes bacon and eggs and sometimes just bread and cheese, a cup of coffee or cocoa and fruit:
The British people are great liguid milk lovers:
The chairman of the House of Lords is the Speaker and he sits on a special seat called the Woolsack:
The classic afternoon tea consists of small sandwiches, sweets, cakes and marmalade:
The coasts of England are washed by the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel and the Strait of Dover:
The House of Lords consists of those lords who sit by right of inheritance and those men and women who have been given life peerages which end with the life of their possessors:
The Lake District in Northern Ireland with its lakes, mountains and valleys is a favourite holiday area:
The Queen appoints the Prime Minister (usually the leader of the political party which has a majority in the House of Lords) to form a government:
The Queen is Head of the Commonwealth of Nations where she is represented by the Governor-General appointed by her on the advice of the government of the country concerned:
The restaurant is a traditional institution of almost all towns and villages, and is often a place of "character" or even historic interest:
There are many rivers in England, the longest is the Thames: