English Excellence

 
A wealth of cultural gems just waiting to be discovered..
 
“Nowhere else in the world will you find the strength, depth and breadth
in the arts and culture that you do in England.”
 
England is the birthplace of some of the finest playwrights, artists, poets, composers and actors the world has ever known. And we have always taken arts and culture very seriously indeed, not just in London but right across the country.

 
 
The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first national public museum in the world with a simple mission statement “to preserve its collection for the use and benefit of the public who may have free access to view and peruse the same”.
In 1857 the new purpose built Museum opened with the Round Reading Room at its heart. Changes continued throughout the nineteenth century with the iconic development of the Great Court and the construction of the Norman Foster roof in 2000.

 
Sports & Leisure
 
Polo, cricket, horse racing, golf, tennis, rowing... we’re a nation obsessed with sport.
 
Every year England hosts world-class sporting events, from tennis and golf to sailing and horse racing, just as it has for centuries. We’ve also hosted the summer Olympics no fewer than three times.
So it’s little wonder that much of our leisure time, as well as our social calendar, is dominated by sport. Strawberries and cream feature rather a lot too...

 
Interview - It’s All About The Social Season..
 
Sophie Campbell is an award-winning travel journalist who spent a summer investigating and experiencing the English Social Season. From The Derby at Epsom to the Royal Chelsea Flower Show, she explored every aspect of this most quintessential of English traditions. Her book, The Season, takes you behind the scenes of Society’s greatest events.
 
How did the Social Season start?

 
Holland & Holland shotguns and rifles are celebrated throughout the world as the perfect combination of artistry and craftsmanship. This quintessentially British company’s heritage of superb craftsmanship has formed the basis of its transformation into a global luxury goods brand that focuses on authenticity, heritage and style with locations in London, New York and Moscow. They offer a traditional range of luxury clothing and accessories for the shooting public as well as discerning ladies and gentlemen.
    

 
Founded in 1985 by Bryan Morrison, the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club is one of the top four high-goal clubs in the UK, which play at the highest 17-22 goal level of Polo in the summer, and is the only club within the British Isles with year round Polo.
The Berkshire creates and delivers some of the season’s most diverse and varied parties, lunches and collective rendezvous, and offers an extensive schedule of summer and winter events.     

 
‘Bentley creates powerful, luxurious cars born of a remarkable racing heritage’
 
Over the past 100 years, England has seen the birth of some of the world’s most adored motor car marques. Yet none has managed to combine performance and luxury quite like Bentley.