Part One: A Bit About You
How old are you?
Are you: Select Male Female
Do you live in England? Select Yes No
If 'No' Have you ever lived in England? Select Yes No If 'No' - go to Part Two
How long have you lived in England? Select All of my life Over 40 years 30 - 39 years 20 - 29 years 10 - 19 years 5 - 9 years 1 - 5 years Less than 1 year
Are you: Select At school At college / university In training Working - employed Working - self employed Caring for family Unemployed Retired Other - please say
What type of place do you live in? Select Flat Maisonette Terrace Semi-detached house Detached house Cottage Caravan Bedsit Studio flat No fixed address Other - please say
Please tell us three things that you like to do in your spare time. You should have done all of them at least once in the past month. 1 2 3 Read these through again to make sure you REALLY have done them and not just wished you had because that's cheating.
Have you ever done any of the following? Tick as many as you want. Played cricket on a village green Morris danced Collected money for the guy Rolled eggs down a hill Rolled around in the hay Been to a Church Fete Had high tea Met the Queen
What type of food to you eat most often?
What is your favourite food?
Do you think of this food as being English? Select Yes No Depends - on what?
Can you name a dish that would be thought of as typically English these days? Do you know the recipe?
Where do you most like to eat your food? Select Home cooked Home delivery Round at friends' With the family On the hop Restaurant Café bar Fast food place Greasy spoon
Part Two: Typically English?
Have you ever owned and regularly worn any of the following? Please tick any that apply: Bowler hat Cravat Plus fours Tweed jacket Bow tie Floral skirt Home made lace Shorts and socks A twin set (cardy and jumper) Wellington Boots A hat (a woolly one or at a wedding doesn't count)
What do you think of as typical English dress these days (if anything)?
Is it important to you that people say 'please' and 'thank you'? Yes - there's no excuse not to Yes - it shows respect for others I try to remember, but if others don't it doesn't bother me I don't mind either way It's over-rated No, not at all
If there was a long queue would you: Join the back and wait patiently Join the back and moan loudly Join the back and tut quietly Look for some friends near the front, and 'just pop down to have a quick chat' Hang around near the front and jump in when it starts to move I never queue Other - please tell us
Do you like the national anthem? Please tick: Loathe it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Love it
How much of it do you know - honestly? I can sing it all I could get through a fair bit The chorus and hum the rest None of the words, but I know the tune None None and I don't want to
If you could replace it, what would you have as the National Anthem instead?
How much do you know about English history? Nothing at all Very little A bit from school A fair bit off the telly A reasonable amount Lots I write history books, you know
Do you think it's important to know what a country has done in the past? Select Yes No Depends - on what?
Part Three: Pleasant Land?
Where is your favourite place in England? If we need some tips how to get there please tell us:
Can you tell us somewhere you think of as typically English? Again, if we need some tips how to get there please tell us:
If you had to describe England now in no more than 5 words what would they be? 1 2 3 4 5
Part Four: National Identity
Do you consider yourself to be British? Please tick one: Yes White Mixed race White and black Caribbean White and black African White and Asian Other mixed background - please say Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Any other Asian background Black British Caribbean African - please specify Chinese British Any other ethnic group - please say No - not British
Do you think of yourself as English or British? Please tick one: English not British More English than British I'd say I was both More British than English British not English Neither - please say
If you think of yourself as at all English: Are you proud of being English? Yes, I'm proud I don't think about it I wish I wasn't No, it's embarrassing None of the above
Please tell us more about your last answer:
Part Five: And Finally
Please tell us the thing(s) you like about England and/or being English 1 2 3
Please tell us the thing(s) you don't like about England and/or being English 1 2 3
Is there anything else you would like to tell us about what England and/or Englishness mean to you?
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