When we Brits talk to foreigners about Britain, I sometimes wonder what image they conjure up?

Might it be rolling hills and a very green landscape?

Or dull grey skies and sweeping rain over dark, satanic mills?

Would it be gentlemen in frock-coats and top hats and ladies in flowing gowns?

Or lager-louts throwing up in the gutters and fighting in the streets?

I suppose it might depend who you were talking to...

Houses of Parliament

Not exactly a Picture of Britain I know, but I wouldn't mind betting this is the sort of image that may come to mind for many.

As much as I admire the work of Sir Charles Barry, for me Britain is better represented by the portrait of one man... or perhaps the sculpture of this long dead woman.

Boudica

What would be your Picture of Britain?

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