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
From Our Own Correspondent first to be made available by the BBC as a podcast. The programme was first commissioned in 1955. A book entitled "From Our Own Correspondent: A celebration of 50 years of the BBC Radio Programme" was published in 2005 with a selection of the show's reports for each continent. The programme was, for many years, presented by the Radio 4 and World Service announcers as part of their duties, but is now fronted by former BBC correspondents: From Our Own Correspondent From Our Own Correspondent is a weekly BBC radio programme in which a number of BBC foreign correspondents deliver