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Music in Britain from 1920s to the Present Day1920s – Young people listened to ragtime and jazz. 1930s – Swing became popular. Benny Goodman and his Orchestra were the “King of the Swing”, as were Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw. Jazz continued to be popular. 1940s – the Second World War brought fast, frantic (and often American) dance music – boogie-woogie or jitterbug. Dances were held in church halls, village halls, clubs, Air Force bases – everywhere! But slower, romantic songs were also popular as loved ones went away to fight, such as Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again” and the song about coming home again, “The ”White Cliffs of Dover”. After the war “skiffle” bands became popular. These bands used household items, such as washboards and tea chests, as part of their set of instruments! Tommy Steele, who later became very famous, first played in a skiffle band. 1950s – Rock and Roll became very popular. 1960’s – The Beatles began their career. They leapt to fame with“Please, Please Me”(1963). The Beatles moved through the late 1960s as favourites of the „flower power” generation – many young people enjoyed “hippie” music. 1970s – the first big new sound of the 1970s was “Glam Rock”, the main figures of this were David Bowie, Elton John and of course Gary Glitter. The punk movement of the late 1970s began in England. Great British bands of this scene were “The Sex Pistols” and “The Clash”. The Punk style was Mohicans, bondage clothes, safety pins, and piercings. 1980s – the 1980s saw the rise of hip hop and rap music, with American influences powerful once again in the form of such groups as Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. It also saw the rise and fall of the “New Romantics”, typified by groups like Adam and the Ants, who dressed as pirates and highway men and wore huge amounts of makeup. 1990s – “Britpop” was the general name given in the 1990s to a new wave of successful British bands who made a big impact in the United States and Europe, as well as in England. The most successful have been “Radiohead”, “Oasis”, “Pulp”, and “The Spice Girls”.
Arguably the top screen comedian of the 1990s, Canadian-born entertainer Jim Carrey was born on January 17, 1962 into a peripatetic household of middle-class comfort. His comedy club debut at age 16 was a dismal failure, but Carrey had already resolved not to be beaten down by life's disappointments (as his father, a frustrated musician, had been). By age 22, he was making a good living as a stand-up comic, and was starring on the short-lived sitcom. Throughout the 1980s, Carrey appeared in supporting roles in such films as Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Earth Girls are Easy (1990). 1994 proved to be The "Year" of Carrey, with the release of three top-grossing comedy films: Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, and The Mask. By the end of the year, Carrey was commanding seven to ten million dollars per picture. In 1995, the actor-comedian took over for Robin Williams as the Riddler in the blockbuster film Batman Forever, and in 1996 tried his hand at a darker role as a maniacal cable repairman in The Cable Guy. Following the comedy Liar (1997), Carrey had a lead role in The Truman Show(1998) about the perils of all-consuming media manipulation. Critical respect in hand, Carrey returned to comedy of a different sort with the lead role in Milos Forman's Man on the Moon(1999), a much-anticipated biopic of the legendary comic Andy Kaufman.
BRITISH MEALS The first meal of the day in the morning is breakfast (usually eaten between about 7:30 and 9:00). Many British people eat toast with butter or margarine and jam (often strawberry, raspberry, apricot or blackcurrant jam), marmalade (a type of jam made from oranges) or Marmite (a dark brown spread made from yeast). Melon, grapefruit or fruit cocktail are popular. Others eat a bowl of cereal; for example, cornflakes or muesli with milk, or porridge (a mixture of oats, hot milk and sugar). A traditional English breakfast (also known as a cooked breakfast or a fry-up) is a cooked meal which may contain food such as sausages, bacon, kippers (herring - a type of fish - which has been covered in salt and smoked), black pudding, scrambled or fried or poached, mushrooms, fried tomatoes, baked beans, hash browns and toast. People sometimes eat a boiled egg, dipping (dunking) strips of toast (soldiers) into the egg yolk. A continental breakfast is a small meal and is not cooked; for example, a bread roll or croissant with cheese or ham and a cup of coffee. The most common drinks at this time of day are orange juice or a cup of breakfast tea. Many people have a tea-break at about 11:00 in the morning (elevenses). If a meal is eaten in the late morning instead of both breakfast and lunch, it is called brunch. Lunch (sometimes called more formally luncheon) is the meal eaten in the middle of the day (usually between about 12:30 and 2:00). Many people eat a sandwich (also known as a butty or sarnie in some parts of the UK). Some people have a simple meal such as cheese and biscuits or soup and bread. A ploughman's lunch is a traditional lunch for farmers: a bread roll, Cheddar cheese, Branston pickle and salad, perhaps with a pork pie. It is also traditional for people to go to a pub with some friends for a pub lunch and a drink. A Sunday roast is a traditional meal eaten by a family at Sunday lunchtime; for example, roast beef with roast potatoes, parsnips, peas, Brussels sprouts, green beans, Yorkshire pudding, bread sauce and gravy.
High tea is a light meal eaten in the early evening (for example, 6 o'clock) served with a pot of tea; this is popular in north England and Scotland. Supper is the most common name for the meal eaten in the evening (usually between 7:00 and 8:30). Dinner is another common name for supper, but sometimes it is also used to refer to lunch, especially when this is the main meal of the day. A dinner party is a formal evening meal to which guests have been invited. A common type of cooked meal in Britain is meat and two veg. This is a meat dish served together on the same plate with two types of vegetable, one of which is often a type of potato. It is common to eat a dessert (also known as a pudding, or informally as afters) after the main dish.
COMMON IDEAS Many visitors to Britain do not have a clear idea about British food. Below are responses to some comments made by international students after being asked the question, "What do you think about British food?"
"It’s greasy". You may think that British people eat greasy food (like fish and chips or a fried breakfast) every day. You may be offered a cooked breakfast every day if you stay in a hotel or bed and breakfast, but this is not normal life. Most British people only eat these foods occasionally (perhaps once a week, or less often). Britain is a dairy country, however – so milk, butter, cheese and cream are used more than in some countries.
"It’s dangerous". British farmers have had some problems in recent years due to the spread of BSE (mad cow disease) within cattle in the 1990s, and then foot-and-mouth disease within sheep in 2001. These diseases caused many animals to be killed, and led to the introduction of new controls. Scientists believe that BSE can be passed to humans as a disease known as variant CJD, but cases are rare and seem to be linked to times before the new controls were put in place. Foot-and-mouth in sheep is not passed on to humans by eating lamb, and since 2001 there have only been a few cases of the disease in sheep. So is it safe to eat British meat? Probably – most British people continue to eat it, and the controls in the UK are now some of the tightest in the world. There are many shops or restaurants selling vegetarian and organic food if you prefer to eat this.
BREAD & SPREADS
Types of bread include: white, brown/wholemeal, granary, rye
Types of bread often eaten at tea-time: Chelsea bun (see picture); Crumpet (see picture) with butter and jam; Cucumber sandwich (see picture); Currant bun with butter; Hot cross bun (see picture) with butter; Malt bread with butter (see picture); Teacake with butter (see picture). TEA Some of the most common varieties of tea are: BISCUITS & CAKES
Biscuits: Custard cream; Digestive biscuit; Ginger biscuit; Gingerbread man; Rich tea biscuit; Shortbread / shortcake. Cakes: Bakewell tart; Butterfly cake; Carrot cake; Chocolate cake; Christmas cake - a fruit cake topped with marzipan (American English: almond paste) and icing sugar (American English: frosting); Custard tart; Dundee cake; Eccles cake; Fairy cake; Flapjack; Fondant fancy; Gingerbread man; Jam tart; Macaroon; Madeira cake; Maid of honour; Meringue; Mince pies; Rock cake; Saffron cake; Sally Lunn; Scone with strawberry jam and clotted cream; Sponge cake; Welshcake.
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"What is it?" Many visitors do not know what British food is, maybe because there are not many British restaurants in other parts of the world. 
"It’s boring". Perhaps you have already stayed in the UK and found the food boring or not tasty. This could be because you haven’t tasted good home cooking or the food in high quality restaurants. There is actually a very wide variety of food. As well as the traditional British food shown here, there are also Chinese dishes, Indian curry, Spanish tapas, Italian pizza or pasta, Turkish kebabs, Japanese sushi and so on. Ingredients are available from many parts of the world, both in specialist shops and in ordinary supermarkets.
