England Quote by David Olusoga Download Open image “Ten Guinea Street is on a Historic England site.” — David Olusoga ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare England Guinea History Site Street Ten
Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic. — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
London's my favourite place. I lived in Crouch End for years and come back as much as I possibly can. — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
London imbued me with an appreciation of the beauty and value of history in general. As it has evolved and grown, the city has… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
“For years, walking round London, I had been aware of the actual land, lying concealed but not entirely changed or destroyed, beneath the surface of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century city. It has been said that 'God made the country and man made the town', but that is not true: the town is simply disguised countryside. Main roads, some older than… — Gillian Tindall Copy Share
As Restoration Man, I am pretty obsessed by history, and the more people know about London's history the more they'll appreciate the place and… — George Clarke Copy Share Image
London and the south-east of England are very crowded spaces. Wherever a new runway is placed, thousands will be affected. Residents in nearby Longford,… — Tim Bowler Copy Share Image
It's always good to be somewhere with some history, maybe that's England, which has a long history. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
I was born in Africa but brought up in the north-east of England. Most of my childhood was spent living on a council estate… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Donald Trump did not cause America's democratic crisis of faith, he rode to power on it. Once in control, he and other populists discovered… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Talking about class and identity can be as divisive as talking about race and racism. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Britain in the 19th century was two things simultaneously; the hub of the largest empire on earth and the greatest manufacturing and trading nation… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
1819 was a year of hunger, mass unemployment, political repression and murderous, state-sanctioned violence. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the war through… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I disagreed with my teachers on pretty much everything, including what grades I was going to get at A-level. I was sure I'd pass,… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
At 18, I stood in the Louvre in front of the paintings that TV had first shown me. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I have met other black and mixed-race people who were victims of racism, often far worse than anything I experienced, and who have taken… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
'Downton Abbey' is my worst nightmare. I just hate that whole 'Upstairs Downstairs' thing, I think it's really lazy and it doesn't represent England,… — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole… — Mike Harding Copy Share Image
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