Britannia and the British Empire what Marianne is to France or perhaps what Columbia is to the United States. Britannia became a very potent and more common figure in times of war, and represented British liberties and democracy. During the 1990s the term "Cool Britannia" (drawn from a humorous version by the Bonzo Dog Band of the song "Rule Britannia", with words by James Thomson [1700–1748], which is often used as an unofficial national anthem), was used to describe the contemporary United Kingdom. The phrase referred to the fashionable scenes of the era, with a new generation of pop groups and
Winter of Our Dreams the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called "Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain" about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was re used in "Winter of Our Dreams". There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain. "Winter of Our Dreams" was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars. Winter of Our Dreams Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian