Life In The Uk, People In Arts & Culture

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Henry Purcell

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1659-95
Classical music. Organist at Westminster Abbey. He wrote church music, operas and developed a British style distinct from elsewhere in Europe.

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George Frederick Handel

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1685-1759
German born but spent many years in the UK, became British in 1727. He wrote Water Music for King George I, and Music for the Royal Fireworks for his son, George II. He also wrote an oratorio, Messiah.

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Gustav Holst

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1874-1934
Composer who's work includes The Planets, a suite of pieces themed around the planets of the solar system. He adapted Jupiter, as the tune for I vow to thee my country.

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Sir Edward Elgar

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1857-1934
Musician born in Worcester, England: "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" "March no1 (aka Land of Hope and Glory)" is usually played at the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Ralp Vaughan Williams

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1872-1958
Wrote music for orchestras and choirs. He was strongly influenced by traditional English folk music.

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Sir William Walton

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1902-83
Wrote a wide range of music, from film scores to operas. He wrote marches for the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II but his best-knows works are Facade, which became a ballet, and Belshazzar's Feast, which is intended to be sung by a large choir.

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Benjamin Britten

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1913-76
wrote operas, which include Peter Grimes and Billy Budd. Also wrote A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. He founded the Aldeburgh festival in Suffolk.

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What is the Mercury Price?

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Awarded each September for the best album from the UK and Ireland

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What are the Brit awards?

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Annual event that gives awards in a range of categories, such as best British group and best British solo artist.

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Who wrote the Mousetrap?

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Dame Agatha Christie. It has been running in the West End since 1952 and has had the longest initial run of any show in history.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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Wrote comic operas in the 19th century, including HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Wrote music for shows as Time Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.

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What are pantomines?

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Produced by theatres, the stories tend to be based on fairy stories and are light-hearted plays with music and comedy. Typically around Christmas time.

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What is the Fringe?

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One of the events at The Edinburgh Festival. The Fringe is a showcase of mainly theatre and comedy performances,

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What are the Laurence Olivier Awards?

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Awards for best director, best actor and best actress. The awards are named after the British actor Sir Laurence Olivier, who was best known for his roles in various Shakespeare plays.

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Thomas Gainsborough

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1727-88
was a portrait painter who often painted people in country or garden scenery.

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David Allan

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1744-96
was a Scottish painter who was best known for painting portraits. One of his most famous works is called The Origin of Painting.

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Joseph Turner

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1775-1851
was an influential landscape painter in a modern style. He is considered the artist who raised the profile of landscape painting.

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John Constable

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1776-1837
was a landscape painter most famous for his works of Dedham Vale on the Suffolk-Esex border in the east of England.

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The Pre-Raphaelites

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were an important group of artists in the second half of the 19th century. They painted detailed pictures on religious or literary themes in bright colours. The group included Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Sir John Millais.

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Sir John Lavery

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1856-1941
was a very successful Northern Irish portrait painter. His work included painting the Royal Family.

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Henry Moore

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1898-1986
was an English sculptor and artist. He is best known for his large bronze abstract sculptures.

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John Petts

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1914-91
as a Welsh artist, best known for his engravings and stained glass.

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Lucian Freud

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1922-2011
was a German-born British artist. He is best known for his portraits.

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David Hockney

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1937-...
was an important contributor to the 'pop art' movement of the 1960s and continues to be influential today.

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What is the Turner Price?

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Established in 1984, it celebrates contemporary art. It was names after Joseph Turner. Four works are shortlisted every year and shown in the Tate Britain every year. Previous winners include Damian Hirst and Richard Wright.

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Inigo Jones

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Designer / Architect.
Designed the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall.

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Christopher Wren

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Architect. Helped develop a British version of the ornate styles popular in Europe in buildings such as the new St Paul's Cathedral.

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Robert Adam

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Scottish architect. Simpler designs. 18th century. e.g. dumfries house in Scotland.

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Give examples of buildings in the medieval 'gothic' style of the 19th century

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The Houses of Parliament and St Pancras Station. Townhalls in Manchester and Shellfield.

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Sir Edwin Lutyens

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He designed New Delhi to be the seat of government in India. Also did many war memorials such as Cenotaph in Whitehall. Cenotaph is the site of the annual remembrance day.

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Name some modern British architects

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Norman Foster, Lord (Richard) Rogers, Dame Zaha Hadid

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Lancelot "Capability" Brown

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Lanscape designer

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Gertrude Jekyll

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Landscape designer (worked often with Edwin Lutyens)

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Thomas Chippendale

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designed furniture in the 18th century

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Clarice Cliff

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designed Art Deco ceramics

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Sir Terence Conran

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20th century interior designer

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Name some fashion designers

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Mary Quant, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood

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William Golding

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novelist, won Nobel Prize literature

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Seamus Heaney

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poet, won Nobel Prize literature

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Harold Pinter

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playwriter, won Nobel Prize literature

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Iam Fleming

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writer, who wrote James Bond

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What is the Man booker price

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awarded annually for the best fiction novel written by an author from the commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe. It has been awarded since 1968. Past winners include Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes.

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Jane Austin

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English Novelist.

Her books include Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Her novels are concerned with family and marriage stuff.

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Charles Dickens

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wrote a number of very famous novels, including Oliver Twist and Great Expectations.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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wrote books which are still read by adults and children today. His most famous books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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Thomas Hardy

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was an author and poet. His best-known novels focus on rural society and include Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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a Scottish doctor and writer. He was best known for his stories about Sherlock Holmes.

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Evelyn Waugh

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wrote satirical novels, including Decline and Fall and Scoop. Best known for Brideshead Revisited.

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Sir Kingsley Amis

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English novelist and poet. He wrote more than 20 novels. The most well known is Lucky Jim.

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Graham Greene

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wrote novels often influenced by his religious beliefs, including The Heart of the Matter, The Honorary Consul, Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana.

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J K Rowling

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Wrote HARRY POTTER

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Chaucer

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British poet, who wrote Caterbury Tales

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John Milton

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Poet who wrote poems inspired by his Protestant beliefs.

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William Wordsworth

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Poet who was inspired by nature

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Sir Walter Scott

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poet inspired by Scotland. He also wrote novels

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Famous poets in the 19th century

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William Blake, John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Robert and Elizabeth Browning.

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Poets from after WW I

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Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon

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Recent poets

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Sir Walter de la Mare, John Masefield, Sir John Betjeman and Ted Hughes

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Sir Alexander Korda

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Movie Director (1930s)

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Sir Alfred Hitchcock

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Movie Director (1930s)

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Sir David Lean

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Movie Director

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Ridley Scott

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Movie Director

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Name 3 comedies from the 50s and 60s

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Passport to Pimlico, The Ladykillers, Carry On

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Ealing Studios

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The oldest continuously working film studio facility in the world

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Nick Park

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Known for special effects. Wont four Oscars, including 3 for films featuring Wallace and Gromit.

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David Niven

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Actor

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Sir Rex Harrison

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Actor

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Richard Burton

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Actor

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Tilda Swinton

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Actress