Chapter 4: Modern Society — Set 7

Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains. Known as the Festival of Lights, it marks light and goodness triumphing over darkness and evil, and homes and temples are lit with lamps to celebrate it.

Welsh rarebit is a rich, seasoned cheese sauce poured over toasted bread — it contains no rabbit at all.

Black pudding is a type of blood sausage, sliced and fried, and it is a traditional part of breakfasts in many parts of Britain and Ireland.

Steak and kidney pie is a classic savoury pie filled with diced beef and kidney cooked in a rich gravy.

The white cliffs of Dover are formed from chalk, which is why they are such a brilliant white where the sea has cut them away.

The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge: its red steel cantilevers have carried trains across the Firth of Forth since 1890.

Wales's national stadium stands in Cardiff, in the heart of the city beside the River Taff, and hosts Welsh rugby and football internationals.

The Shipping Forecast on BBC radio gives weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles, for the benefit of sailors.

The Last Night of the Proms features a rousing sequence of patriotic music, including 'Rule, Britannia!', with the audience singing along.

The 'Hallelujah' chorus is the best-known section of Handel's oratorio The Messiah.

Sir David Attenborough has presented landmark BBC nature documentaries about wildlife and the natural world for decades.

The National Trust looks after historic houses, gardens, countryside and coastline, keeping them open for the public to enjoy.

The Chelsea Flower Show is Britain's most prestigious gardening show, where designers create show gardens and new plants are launched.

Lord's Cricket Ground in London is known around the world as the 'home of cricket'.

Wembley is the home of the England football team and also hosts the FA Cup Final each year.

Twickenham is the home stadium of the England rugby union team and the headquarters of the game in England.

The London Eye is a huge observation wheel whose enclosed capsules give passengers views across the capital as it slowly turns.

The Glastonbury Festival of contemporary performing arts is held on farmland near Pilton in Somerset.

Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit and a much-loved series of little books about animals.

Lewis Carroll (the pen name of Charles Dodgson) wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.

The TARDIS is disguised as an old-fashioned blue police box — not to be confused with the red telephone box, a separate British icon.

John Constable painted the rural landscapes of his native Suffolk and Essex, most famously in The Hay Wain.

Birmingham hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the third time the event had been held in England.

The Lionesses won the UEFA Women's European Championship in 2022, beating Germany in the final at Wembley.