R.ip. British Culture.

[Theland]

Whatever happened to British culture?
Is it completely dead or terminal?
Can it ever be revived, or do we need to adapt to the new foreign landscape?

[naomi24]

Ummmm, sorry, I didn't answer your question.

//There's a Muslim group in my town who cook for and feed the homeless. Do you really think these people secretly want to kill them? //

No, I don't, but if push came to shove - and who's to say it won't? - I'd hazard an educated guess as to whose side they'd be on. How about you?

[kvalidir]

''We're not allowed to ignore it if someone is offended by our use of culture. It's racists don't ya know! ''

Absolute codswallop- if you allow yourself to believe that then sorry people like you are the problem in that you panda to media hysteria that flogs rags with no legitimate news. It's weird isn't it how the non Daily Mail reading contingent on this thread seem to never encounter anyone offended by Christmas, or who tells us we can't have a flag of St George etc etc etc- some people seek to be offended on both sides of the spectrum and guess what, no-one can stop you ignoring either, so stop playing the victim as though the sky is falling because someone proffered an opinion on something you don't like. If you don't want to call something 'Spring break' or 'Winterfest' just don't do it but neither I, nor anyone I personally know, have ever legitimately encountered anything or anywhere where saying Christmas or Easter will actually genuinely cause any problems. Just stick to your guns if you ever encounter that, I certainly will. It's THAT simple.

Naomi- how far back do we have to go to suit you that something is 'British' if you don't want the term to apply to real British things then from before we got all your much cherished imported culture which for some reason you think is British just because it stuck? 10 years? 50 years? 100 years? 500 years? How close to today in the near past does this apply to?

[hc4361]

Christmas is still Christmas, Easter is Easter and will always be celebrated by Christians. What people of other faith and no faith call these holiday periods is up to them. The words haven't been banned and you can even by Christmas and Easter cards with Christian symbols and messages. I know! Shocking, isn't it?
My Radio Times uses the terms Christmas Day and Boxing Day on the relevant pages and the Salvation Army band plays Christmas Carols at my local Tesco. Sadly, the PA system inside the store still belts out the Slade and Wizzard Christmas songs at irritating regularity from the beginning of December, both of which have frequent uses of the word 'Christmas'.
I remember that Birmingham City Council did adopt 'Winterfest' instead of 'Christmas' a few years ago but that didn't last.

The Union Flag still flies from our civic and public buildings. There is even one flying at Buckingham Palace. My neighbour regularly flies the Union Flag or St George's flag from his flagpole in his front garden. As far as I know he has never been accused of racism and nobody has objected to his flags.

I presume, Cassa, that all the Christmas cards you sent out last year had a Christian theme such as the Nativity and you attended a Christmas church service. We are all free to choose how we enjoy our public holidays and those of faith are free to practice their religious customs.

[ummmm]

The house at the end of my street has been flying the union flag and st Georges cross for as long as I can remember.

[naomi24]

kvalidir, // Naomi- how far back do we have to go to suit you//

Unless you want to undermine this country by telling us that it’s all ‘foreign’ anyway, which you clearly do, there’s no reason to define its roots at all. British culture is what it is.

[NoMercy]

Waking up the apple trees with dancing and fires. That sounds like splendid fun. Who wants to sit at home with a G&T when you can be a dancing pyromaniac?

Well I've just booked my holiday for June 2019. How very British!

[ummmm]

NoM....I call that organised. I booked my holiday a couple of weeks ago for next month :-)

[hc4361]

I would very much appreciate a bullet point list of the things that make up British culture if anyone is prepared to take the challenge.

[Voltage]

We're having a curry tonight that's British for ya!

[ummmm]

Oh nooooo....have some faggots :-)

[NoMercy]

We're not going abroad this year, Ummmm.

The hol we booked for next year is almost sold out! We're going to one of the Sensatori hotels so let's see if they're all they're cracked up to be.

[ummmm]

I'm a last minute type. He works outside and I think he was just getting fed up of the grey days so he phoned me and told me to look at holidays. Looking at the last couple of days he might regret. You've met him, it's not like he can even sit in the sun. He's a shade thief...

[NoMercy]

We were lucky to book when we did as there are only so many places in the nursery each day - strict staff to child ratio apparently.

Only just over 400 days to go...

[naomi24]

hc4361, a quick google produced this. Loads of bullet points there - if you can be bothered to click on all the links.

http://projectbritain.com/traditions.html

[anneasquith]

Fear not people, British culture is alive and well soon ,you will have another ' royal baby to celebrate. And it you can contain yourselves until May without peeing your pants a royal wedding, oh happy days. -) :-)

[ummmm]

26 days for us :-)

[jim360]

As Mark Twain would have it, reports of the death of British Culture are greatly exaggerated.

[ummmm]

I like a wedding and I really like babies so I'll be happy :-)