The course has a double aim. First, to introduce students to British cultural history and life in modern Britain, that is, to basic cultural phenomena, and second, to improve the students’ language skills. In each seminar various images, newspaper articles, literary, and visual texts are discussed. The discussions are accompanied by comprehension questions and exercises on the topics, including popular images of Britishness vs. Englishness, national symbols, language, manners, gender roles, other “things English”, political institutions, the cultural geography of London, law, education, class, international relations, Euroscepticism, race relations, multiculturalism, religion, welfare and the media.