Welcome to the ICONS collection. On these pages you can explore our icons. Their stories are told with words and pictures, with
sound and film and 3D imaging. You’ll also find surprising ideas for
things to make and do, places to go and even the occasional
icon-related recipe. Use the grid below to start exploring ...
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The Phone Box
Stiff Upper Lip
The V-sign
Book Of Household Management
Bonfire Night
The Robin
Cheddar Cheese
The English Weather
Sgt. Pepper
Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding
The Iron Bridge
Doctor Who
Rolls-Royce
The Tube Map
Narrowboats on Canals
The Rose
The Thames
The Peak District
Westminster Abbey
Winnie The Pooh
The Bobby
Robin Hood
Magna Carta
Sherlock Holmes
The Pint of Real Ale
Monty Python
Oxbridge
The Archers
White Cliffs of Dover
Oak Tree
The Lake District
Fish and Chips
The Oxford English Dictionary
Tower of London
Bowler Hat
Fox-hunting and the Ban
Hedges
Rugby
Parish Church
The Mini-Skirt
Hadrian's Wall
The Origin Of Species
York Minster
HMS Victory
Lindisfarne Gospels
Big Ben
Blackpool Tower
Domesday Book
Cricket
Notting Hill Carnival
The Spitfire
The Globe Theatre
Brick Lane
The King James Bible
Pride And Prejudice
SS Empire Windrush
Glastonbury Festival
Chicken Tikka Masala
Punch & Judy
The Routemaster Bus
The Queen's Head Stamp Design
The Hay Wain
A Cup of Tea
Holbein's Henry VIII
Morris Dancing
Land Rover
Alice in Wonderland
Angel Of The North
Eden Project
Queuing
Stonehenge
The FA Cup
Sutton Hoo Helmet
Wimbledon
The Mini
St George Flag
Brass Bands
Eccentricity
Novels of Dickens
Lord of the Rings
Damien Hirst's Shark
OS Maps
Marmite
James Bond
English Sense of Humour
Buckingham Palace
Pantomime
English Garden
The Co-Operative Movement
Full English Breakfast
The Scouts
The Bulldog
The Works of Beatrix Potter
LS Lowry's Figures
Henry Moore's Sculptures
The Pub
Jerusalem
The Black Cab
When did clog dancing start? When did the Spitfire go into production? Use our icons timeline to find out.
What makes something an icon? Is it to do with being famous or important? Is an icon beloved or somehow symbolic?
Why is a cup of tea iconic and not a glass of orange juice?
The ability to read a map relies on having spatial awareness. This can be as basic as understanding that if the road or path on the map is going one way, you need to either a) imagine the map version of the road going in that direction or better still b) turn the map round so you, the map, your friends, the dog and Uncle Tom Cobbly are all headed in the same direction.
