1. THEATRE and CINEMA

2. The theatre has always been very strong in Britain.
Every large town in the country has its theatres.
British theatre has such a fine acting tradition that Hollywood is forever raiding its talent for people to star in films

3. The most successful and/or respected British films of the 1980 and 1990s
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Gregory s Girl (1981)
Gandhi (1982)
A Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
My Beautiful Launderette (1985)
A Room with a View (1985)
A Fish Called Wanda(1988)

4. MUSIC

5. Classical music in Britain is minority interest.
The Beatles and other British groups were responsible for several innovations which were then adopted by popular musicians in the rest of the world.

7. LITERATURE

8. The Booker Prize is the most important prize Britain for a work of fiction. Starting with Salman Rushdie in 1981, nine of its next fourteen winners were writers from former British colonies such as Canada, India, Ireland and Nigeria.

10. MUSEUMS and ART GALLERIES

12. The Victoria and Albert Museum The Natural History Museum
The major museums in London are
The British Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Natural History Museum
Science Museum