Celebrate all things British with our Best of British poll

We're celebrating the Best of British on Wednesday the 8th April by showcasing all of our great British brands. But we want to know what you think makes Britain the place it is today.

Let us know what you think by answering the questions below, and posting your answers in the comments box.

1. Which city is closest to your home?

2. Which of the following fashion items best says British to you?

a. Mini skirt
b. Tweed jacket
c. Bowler hat
d. Bow tie
e. Umbrella
f.  Kilt

3. What would you say is the most iconic British beauty look?

a. Rosy cheeks
b. Pale and interesting
c. Red and sunburnt
d. Freckles
e. Tanned to an inch of your life
 
4. What monument or place most reflects Britain to you?

a. Nelson’s Column
b. Buckingham Palace
c. Big Ben
d. Angel of the North
e. A pub
f.  Edinburgh Castle

5. Who is the most iconic British style icon?

a. Vivienne Westwood
b. The Queen
c. James Bond
d. Victoria Beckham
e. Twiggy
f. Catherine Zeta Jones

6. What do you think the British are best at?

a. Sport
b. Art
c. Inventions
d. Moaning
e. Queuing

Keep an eye out for the results of our Best of British poll soon...

Comments

[Nancy Brown]

Aberdeen
Bowler Hat
Rosy Cheeks
Big Ben
Twiggy
Queuing

[Mavis Smith]

1. Newcastle upon Tyne
2. Bowler hat.
3. Rosy cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Queuing

[Mavis Smith]

1. Bowler hat.
2. Rosy cheeks
3. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Queuing

[Jackie]

Glasgow
Mini Skirt
pale and interesting
Big Ben
Twiggy
queueing

[Sue]

Carlisle
Bowler Hat
Pale and Interesting
Big Ben
Westwood
Queuing

[Karen Fly]

Exeter
Umbrella :(
Rosy Cheeks
Big Ben
The Queen
Queueing

[Karen]

Bournemouth
Tweed jacket
Rosy cheeks
A pub
James Bond
Queuing

[Lisa]

London
Bowler hat
Rosy cheeeks
Big Ben
Twiggy
Art

[Lisa]

London
2C
3A
4C
5E
6B

[Carol Yates]

1. Manchester
2. Bowler Hat
3.Pale & interesting
4.Big Ben
5.Twiggy
6.Inventions

[Lorraine Fernandez]

1. London
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale & interesting
4. Big Ben
5. James Bond
6. Queuing

[Hope Harris]

1 London
2 Bowler Hat
3 Rosy Cheeks
4 A pub
5 James Bond
6 Queuing

[Penny]

Chester
Bowler Hat
Pale & Interesting
Big Ben
Victoria Beckham
Queuing

[Eleanor Darcy]

1.Sunderland
2.Tweed jacket
3.Pale and interesting
4.Big Ben
5.The Queen
6.Queuing

[Sue Burgess]

Birmingham
Bowler hat
Rosey Cheeks
Buckingham Palace
Twiggy
Inventions

[Mhairi]

1. Edinburgh
2. Kilt
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. A pub
5. James Bond
6. Inventions

[Barbara Spano]

Derby
Mini Skirt
Freckles
A Pub
Twiggy
Queuing

[Amanda]

1. London
2. Tweed Jacket
3. Red and sunburnt
4. Buckingham palace
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Queuing

[Rachel]

Birmingham
Tweed Jacket
Rosy Cheeks
Nelson's Column
Vivienne Westwood
Inventions

[Anthea Hearne]

1. London
2. Bowler hat
3. Rosy cheeks
4. A pub
5. Twiggy
6. Queueing

[Carolyn Pugsley]

1. Cardiff
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale and interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Queuing

[Karen Gore]

London
Bowler Hat
Pale & Interesting
Big Ben
Twiggy
Queuing

[Lisa]

Glasgow
Bowler hat
Pale and interesting
Big Ben
The Queen
Moaning

[Mary May]

1. Wolverhampton
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale and Interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Queen
6. Inventions

[Suzanne Savage]

1. Birmingham
2, Tweed Jacket
3. Pale and interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Inventions

[delyse]

London
bowler hat
pale and interesting
Big Ben
Twiggy
Queuing

[ANNA]

1. Leicester
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale and interesting
4. Twiggy
5. Queuing

[jayne]

1-lincoln
2- bowler hat
3- pale and interesting
4- pub
5-Twiggy
6- queueing

[Si John]

1 - Cardiff
2 - Bowler hat
3 - Pale and interesting
4 - Big Ben
5 - Twiggy
6 - Moaning

[Anna]

1. Birmingham
2. Bowler hat
3. Freckles
4. a pub
5. Vivianne Westwood
6. inventions

[Helen Minto]

Cardiff
Bowler Hat
Pale & Interesting
Big Ben
Vivienne Westwood
Moaning

[Steve]

Sheffield
Bowler Hat
Pale and interesting
A pub
James Bond
Inventions

[Annmarie]

1. Glasgow
2. Umbrella
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. The Queen
6. Queuing

[Zoe Meredith]

1. Gloucester
2. Bowler hat
3. pale and interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. queueing

[Rhiannon Jones]

Birmingham/Chester
Bowler hat
red and sunburnt
A pub
The Queen
Queuing

[Anne Parry]

Birmingham
d. Bow tie
a. Rosy cheeks
c. Big Ben
a. Vivienne Westwood
e. Queuing

[Kirsten]

1. Glasgow
2. Umbrella
3. Rosy cheeks
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Moaning

[Sue]

London
Bowler hat
Pale and interesting
Big Ben
The Queen
Inventions

[Maria Johnson]

1. Lichfield
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale & Interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Queuing

[harry]

London
Tweed jacket
Pale and interesting
Nelson’s Column
Vivienne Westwood
Inventions

[Iris]

1..Exeter
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale and interesting
4. A pub
5. James Bond
6. Inventions

[Elaine]

Bowler hat
Pale and interesting
Buckingham Palace
Twiggy
Moaning

[FRANCES CHILES]

a.LONDON
b.BOWLER HAT
c.ROSY CHEEKS
d.BIG BEN
e.TWIGGY
f.MOANING

[Julia]

1.London
2.Tweed jacket
3.Pale & interesting
4.Big Ben
5.Vivienne Westwood
6.Queuing

[Margaret Silvera]

1.Preston
2.Bowler hat
3.Rosy cheeks
4.Buckingham Palace
5.The Queen
6.Moaning

[Pam]

1.Milton Keynes
2.Tweed jacket
3.Pale & interesting
4.Big Ben
5.Victoria Beckham
6.Inventions

[pm taylor]

stirling great scottish inventors tweed the kilt Royal family great weather after all green grass trees in leaf needs a little rain an ever changing landscape seasons of change what ever the weather at least we can allways talk about the weather in conversation if your lost for words

[Mrs M Meehan]

1. Plymouth
2. Bowler Hat
3. Rosy cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. The Queen
6. Moaning

[Rita Patterson]

Liverpool
Mini Skirt
Rosy Cheeks
Big Ben
Twiggy
Queueing

[Al]

London
e. Umbrella
a. Rosy cheeks
c. Big Ben
b. James Bond
d. Moaning

[Sally Hodgkinson]

1. Milton Keynes
2. Bowler Hat
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Queuing

[JEANIE]

1 London
2 Umbrella
3 Pale and interesting
4 Big Ben
5 Twiggy
6 Queuing

[Veronica Thain]

1. London.
2. Bowler hat.
3. Rosy cheeks/pale and interesting.
4. Buckingham palace.
5. Twiggy
6. Moaning/queuing.

[Reg Brobson]

1. Lincoln
2.Bowler
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. None of the above, especially VB (Yuck)
6. Moaning and queing

[Dee Dee]

London
Bowler Hat
Pale and interesting
Big Ben
Vivienne Westwood
Queuing

[Judy Harris]

1.Birmingham
2.c bowler hat
3.a.rosy cheeks
4.c big ben
5.e.Twiggy
6.c.inventions

[Veronica Thain]

1. London.
2. Bowler hat.
3. Rosy cheeks/pale and interesting.
4. Buckingham palace.
5. Twiggy.
6. Moaning/queuing.

[Rosalind]

1 Glasgow
2 Bowler Hat
3 Rosy Cheeks
4 Big Ben
5 Twiggy
6 Queuing

[Heather Brookes]

Worcester
Bowler Hat
Pale and interesting
Buckingham Palace
Vivienne Westwood
Queuing

[Sue]

1. Exeter
2. Tweed Jacket
3. Pale & Interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Moaning & Queueing

[Liz]

Glasgow
Umbrella
Rosy cheeks
Edinburgh Castle
Victoria Beckham
Inventions closely followed by moaning!

[Janet Main]

1. Edinburgh
2. Bowler Hat
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Inventions

[Julie Redpath]

Stirling
Bowler Hat
Pale and Interesting
Big Ben
Twiggy
Inventions

[D.A.T.]

1. London
2.a. mini skirt
3.d. freckles
4.b. Buckingham Palace
5.c. James Bond
6.c. inventions

[Melissa]

London
Bowler hat
Pale and interesting
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Beckham
Moaning

[sophie seymour]

c,b,c,a,e

[Caroline Valler]

London
Bowler Hat
Pale & Interesting
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Beckham
Queuing (and moaning while queuing!)

[steve]

Bournemouth
Bowler Hat
Rosy Cheeks
Buckingham Palace
James Bond
Sport!!!

[Vytaute]

London
b. Tweed jacket
e. Tanned to an inch of your life
c. Big Ben
d. Victoria Beckham
d. Moaning

[Sophie]

1. London
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale and interesting
4. A Pub
5. Viv Westwood
6. Queuing

[Lianne]

London
Bowler Hat
Pale and interesting
Big Ben
Victoria Beckham
Moaning!

[Jacqui]

1. London
2. Bowler Hat
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Inventions

[Alice Benton]

1. London
2. Bowler hat
3. Pale and interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Inventions

[Shelley Goldstein]

London
Mini skirt
Pale and interesting
Angel of the North
Vivienne Westwood
Art

[Jo]

1. London
2. Mini Skirt
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. The Queen - If she was on the list it would have to be Diana Princess of wales
6. Queuing & Moaning

[GravityWorks]

1) London
2) Tweed Jacket
3) Pale & Interesting
4) Big Ben
5) Vivienne Westwood
6) Inventions

[JB]

1. Wolverhampton
2. Umbrella
3. Pale & Interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Moaning

[vivienne]

1. Lincoln
2. Mini skirt (we invented it)
3. Pale and interesting
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Queuing

[Marie Greenhalgh]

1)Preston - I'm sure they made it a city.
2)Bow tie
3)Rosy Cheeks
4)Big Ben
5)James Bond
6)Definately moaning!

[Natasha P]

1. Leicester
2. Tweed jacket
3. Rosy cheeks
4. A pub (!)
5. Vivienne Westwood
6. Queuing

[Karen Ship]

1.Birmingham.

2.Bowler Hat.

3.Pale and interesting.

4.Buckingham Palace.

5.James Bond.

Moaning.

[Maria Butler]

Cardiff
Bowler Hat (British Bulldog)
Pale and Interesting
Buckingham Palace
Twiggybut none can hold a candle to Diana Princess of Wales.
Moaning, we were ahead of the world with our Inventions years ago.
We need more of the British Bulldog Spirit.

[Sandra Gregory]

Gloucester (But was born in London)
Umbrella
Pale & interesting (safer & healthier!)
Big Ben
Vivienne Westwood (that dates me!)
Moaning (about everything BUT especially the weather!)

[Lesley Mills]

Lincoln
Bowler Hat
Pale and interesting
Big Ben
Twiggy
Moaning

[Julie Watts]

1. sheffield
2. bowler hat
3. pale and interesting
4. Buckingham palace
5. Twiggy
6. Moaning

[Eleanor Irving]

Glasgow
Umbrella
Rosy cheeks
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Beckham
Queuing

[J Ward]

1 Bradford
2 Tweed jacket
3 Pale and Interesting
4 Big Ben
5 James Bond
6 Queuing

[jenny cook]

Manchester
umbrella
pale and interesting
Angel of the north
The Queen
queueing

[Sharon Teed]

1. London
2. Tweed Jacket
3. Rosy cheeks
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Twiggy
6. Inventions

[Ruth Trigg]

1. Cardiff
2. Umbrella
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Twiggy
6. Inventions - but they don't take their chances and allow others to take up the cause and make millions!

[HAZEL]

1.chichester
2.Mini skirt
3.Pale and interesting
4.Big Ben
5.Twiggy
6.Moaning

[Gill]

1. Nottingham
2. Bowler hat
3. Pale and interesting
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Queuing

[Karen]

1. Northampton
2. Bowler Hat
3. Pale and Interesting
4. Buckingham Palace
5. Twiggy
6. Inventions

[Sheila Oates]

1. Sheffield
2. Bowler hat
3. Rosy cheeks
4. Buckingham Palace
5. The Queen
6. Moaning

[Sarah Greaves]

1. London

2. Bowler hat

3. Rosy cheeks

4. Nelson's Column (being at Trafalgar Square is one of my earliest memories!)

5.Twiggy

6. Inventions

[Jacqueline Peacock]

St Albans
Bowler Hat
Rosy Cheeks
Big Ben
Twiggy
Inventions

[Nicki]

London
Umbrella
Pale and interesting
Big Ben
Twiggy
Queuing

[Stephanie Jackson]

Manchester
Bowler Hat
Pale and interesting
Buckingham Palace
The Queen
(a) Queueing and (b) Moaning

[sue cooper]

leicester
umberella
tanned to an inch of your life(see night clubs)
big ben
the queen
moaning

[Chris Lewis]

1. London/Southend
2. Bowler Hat
3. Rosy Cheeks
4. Big Ben
5. Twiggy
6. Moaning and queuing