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Submitted by Thorgrim on Saturday, 29 October 2005  Page Views: 7229

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If you had to picture one thing that represents England - what would it be? To identify an icon for England, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a new website commissioned by Culture Online. Everything is being considered from Stonehenge to Big Ben, but judging from the Culture Minister's apparent lack of interest in heritage and preference for sport, her chosen icon is more likely to be the FA Cup!

At the moment, the Icons team is pulling together nominations from a variety of sources including English Heritage. You can visit the website here and contribute ideas and pictures. What images do we have on the Portal that you think represents England? As individuals and as an organisation - we have a voice so let's be heard!
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Re: Icons - a portrait of England by Andy B on Sunday, 30 October 2005
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Much as it irritates me, when you're up against such well known icons as 'a cup of tea' and the FA cup, I think we'd be better off getting behind and voting for Stonehenge as the icon with a chance of getting a united vote from the prehistory camp.
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Re: Icons - a portrait of England by TheCaptain on Saturday, 29 October 2005
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It wont be what they want, but whenever I come back to England from being abroad, and the things that strike me most while going about my daily life, are the overfull roads and terrible traffic jams, and the litter and rubbish strewn about everywhere. These are the things that I unfortunately associate with England (and not other places) for the last decade or so.
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    Re: Icons - a portrait of England by Thorgrim on Saturday, 29 October 2005
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    Only too true, but then again there is the unbelievable GREEN of England. Especially when returning from the Arctic or the Middle East - its the greenness of the land that tells me I am home and glad to be back. Its all too easy to come up with negative icons for England because that's the way we often are. Unlike many Americans, we are embarrassed by love of country and feel its cool to express negative and mocking thoughts of home and country. Yes we could suggest icons that scream racism, football yobs, litter, overcrowding, booze and binges. But we could also come up with icons of tolerance, co-operation, courtesy (does any other nation say "sorry" as often as we do?), countryside, open spaces, ancient sites, historic buildings, gardens, ships and on and on and on. The point I am trying to get to here on the Portal is - can we come up with some examples of prehistoric sites located in England that we feel could be suitable? Any image that will convince the Culture Minister that a megalith is more suitable than a football trophy? Stonehenge is the obvious but oh so hackneyed example.
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