“The flower of civilization that bloomed on the periphery of Europe,
Choosing brilliant isolation after Brexit
Can Britain today be resilient?”
Into Britain, embracing tradition and innovation

This book explores the aspirations of British consciousness, the archetypes of culture, and British values.
After Brexit, we chose isolation, lost our spiritual leader, the Queen, and are going through a drastic change with a new Prime Minister.
At a historical turning point for Britain, a symbol of capitalism and parliamentary democracy, the author presents a flow that examines the flow of British history and civilization.
To understand the essence of British culture, we chose to decipher various cultural symbols, such as the London Eye and Alan Turing.
It also explores the characteristics of British values ​​by presenting abundant examples of the influence of British culture and the English language in everyday life and history.
A striking feature of this book is its use of a postcolonial lens to examine Britain's past and present, its achievements and limitations, its pride and despair.
The author explores the rise and fall of the island nation of Britain over 2,000 years, employing a multidisciplinary approach that crosses history, science, literature, engineering, geography, and economics.
I hope this will serve as a useful guide for readers seeking to understand where a country's growth engine comes from.

Britain is an island nation surrounded by sea and a maritime nation.
The English Channel, which William Shakespeare called the castle's moat, provided a natural defense.
It was relatively safe from the wars of Europe, and the king had no need to maintain a standing army.
Moreover, it was the birthplace of parliamentary democracy and the industrial revolution.
The peace under British rule in the 19th century was called 'Pax Britannia' (reign, Britannia).
The foundation upon which Britain, a country on the periphery of Europe, built an empire of approximately 350 million subjects was its naval and economic power.
Thanks to its statecraft, Britain was once known as 'Cool Britannia', a thriving nation.
However, after two world wars, the country's national power was weakened, and a new superpower, the United States, emerged.
The UK currently has the world's fourth largest economy.
Comedian Mr. Bean's beloved British compact car, the Mini, has the phrase "Do not tease or harass the Mini" engraved on the bottom of its license plate.
The island nation of Britain cannot be taken lightly.

---From "Chapter 1 Island Island, England"

The painter William Turner painted [The Fighting Temeraire] with the sunset over the Thames River in the background.
Temeraire, which means 'reckless' or 'bold' in French, has been used as the name of a French naval ship since the 17th century.
This large sailing ship was used in the Battle of Trafalgar.
Turner captured the scene of a small, flame-belching steamer towing a decommissioned warship to Rotherhithe Docks for dismantling.
The large sailing ship is dismantled and reduced to a log, and the sun sets.
Turner presents a majestic and sad portrait of the end of an era.
It is one of the greatest British paintings.
The UK has used this historic image on its £20 note since February 20, 2020.
The back of the note features Turner's face and the phrase "Therefore light is color."

---From "Chapter 2: Ships and Maritime Thinking"

The relationship between Britain and Ireland is geographically close, but emotionally distant.
Because there is a painful history of colonial rule.
The history of how we came to possess the DNA of anger is as follows.
Oliver Cromwell occupied Ireland from 1649 to 1653.
Most of the landowners in Ireland were British.
During the 300 years of British rule in Ireland, a structural imbalance persisted between British landowners and the yeoman farmers (including tenant farmers) who made up about 70% of the Irish population.
So it was possible for Britain to seize almost all of Ireland's wheat and corn.
The number of Irish tenant farmers in arrears with their rents increased.
Dissatisfaction with this injustice accumulated, eventually leading to the boycott movement (a movement to refuse to accept unfair actions and to organize and collectively reject them).
The term was coined after tenant farmers successfully evicted Charles Cunningham Boycott, the land manager of a British aristocratic estate, who was the land manager of the 3rd Earl of Earn, County Mayo, Ireland, in 1880.
---From "Chapter 3: Building a Vast Empire"

But why are private schools called public schools?
Public schools without entrance exams are also called state schools.
In the past, children of nobles and the wealthy received individual education through private tutors.
However, the term public was used to refer to the gathering of gentry children in one place to educate them, and it came to be called a public school.
Representative public schools include Winchester, Eton, and Harrow.
During the period of overseas colonization, British parents sent their children to boarding public schools and worked abroad.
Public school graduates formed the ruling class as an elite and grew up to be imperialists.
Therefore, public school graduates are understood as “people who were born to good parents and received a different education and culture from ordinary people.”
It means that it has the fatal limitation of only mixing with people of the same type.
The only exception is George Orwell, an Eton graduate who became a classless person.

---From "Chapter 4: Creative Thinking"

Tea is the national drink enjoyed by the British.
Germany is the country of beer, France is the country of wine, and England is the country of tea.
Around 3:30 p.m. all over Britain there is a chorus of kettles boiling.
A nationwide movement of people drinking tea simultaneously takes place in factories, laboratories, offices and homes.
Of course, it is not a law, it is just a custom.
The British will even pause to drink tea while fighting with their spouses or even while on the front lines facing the enemy.
Why are the British so obsessed with drinking bland tea?
The first thing to think about is that the cold and humid weather made the British need drinks to keep them warm.
The English expression “When it rains, you definitely need a car” was created.
As the saying goes, drinking tea has become a common occurrence.
The English word for the feeling of your body getting hot after drinking tea is 'glow' (meaning the heat spreads throughout your body).
---From "Chapter 5 Rest Slow Lifestyle"

The British Parliament operates as a bicameral system consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
The House of Lords is composed of hereditary nobles, and the House of Commons is composed of members of the National Assembly elected from local constituencies.
Here, 'Commons' (referring to the House of Representatives) means commoners.
Based on the color of the sofas they sit on, the House of Representatives is green and the Senate is cardinal red.
Tony Blair's Labour government carried out reforms to the House of Lords.
Hereditary nobles were not automatically eligible to become senators.
Of the 1,459, 759 were eliminated, leaving about 500.
The House of Commons is based on a two-party system with a ruling party and an opposition party, the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.
The ruling party is called the ruling party, and the opposition party is called the opposition party.
In this way, the roles of each party are clear.
The Senate is the final body that deliberates and decides on important matters.
In a constitutional monarchy, the prime minister of the majority party can form a government and cabinet only with the request and permission of the queen.

---From "Maintaining Class and Dignity"

London's Notting Hill Carnival is Europe's largest street festival.
It is the second largest carnival in the world after the Rio Carnival in Brazil.
Traditional Caribbean food, diverse musical performances, and a 12km parade take place over two days in August.
This festival was started in 1964 by African-Caribbean immigrants living in the Notting Hill area to promote their unique culture and traditions and to relieve nostalgia.
The festival's highlights include colorfully costumed dancers, steel bands and the slaves' work song, calypso.
The dancers' costumes reveal a blurring of the boundaries between humans and insects.
Steel bands are played by making instruments out of drums, which produce a resonant sound like water droplets spreading out.
It radiates the spirit of carnival like this.
Immigrants brought exotic cultures and revitalized London.

---From "Chapter 7: Pursuing Diversity"