England Quote by Ian Hislop

The book that meant most to me was 'The Wind in the Willows.' It sounds ridiculous, but that was my vision of England.

— Justin Cartwright

After spending so much time in America, I started travelling with 'In Defence of English Cooking' by George Orwell. It's archaic and old-fashioned in…

— Jamie Hince

I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

— Ray Davies

Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.

— Ian Rankin

Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy…

— Beverly Cleary

I always love a song about London or about places. I think Britain could do with more of them; America is so good at…

— Viv Albertine

One of my favorite books is 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by George Orwell, and 'Catcher in the Rye,' obviously, is a big influence and is one…

— Hozier

'Dust Off And Dance,' the album, was really all about me being in England.

— Tiffany Darwish

My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which…

— Peter Capaldi

“A considerable debt is owed to these, and to many other books. The aim, however, with Scotland: The Autobiography, has been to gather a…

— Rosemary Goring

England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may…

— William Cowper

A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi…

— Eric Clapton