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
Our Own Oslo Our Own Oslo Our Own Oslo () is a 2011 Icelandic comedy film directed by Reynir Lyngdal. While on company business in Oslo, conservative fortyish engineer Harald literally bumps into Icelandic bank worker Vilborg and her drunk boss (also on business in the city) in the lobby of their hotel after his sales presentation in the hotel's conference room. Harald saves the ladies from getting kicked out of the hotel by intervening with the annoyed Norwegian hotel reception manager. After putting Vilborg's passed-out boss to bed, a task he is familiar with from having tended to his now-deceased alcoholic father,