The Daily Star is reporting that J.K. Rowling has made a list of the top 50 Best things in Britain. Jo came in at #34. 7,000 British people were polled by
Holiday Inn 'to find out what we love most about Britain.'
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1 Fish and chips.
2 The Queen.
3 Old-fashioned pubs.
4 Sunday roast.
5 Red phone boxes.
6 Big Ben.
7 Cream teas.
8 The Beatles.
9 The pound.
10 Royal Family.
11 Buckingham Palace.
12 Shakespeare.
13 Blackcabs.
14 NHS.
15 James Bond.
16 Routemaster buses.
17 Cheddar Cheese.
18 The Houses of Parliament.
19 Manchester United.
20 Ant and Dec.
21 Stephen Fry.
22 Cornish Pasties.
23 Monty Python.
24 Tower of London.
25 Aston Martin.
26 BBC.
27 Stonehenge.
28 Cricket.
29 Wimbledon.
30 Glastonbury.
31 Camden Market.
32 Blackpool.
33 Mini Coopers.
34 JK Rowling.
35 Edinburgh Festival.
36 Scrumpy cider.
37 Concorde.
38 Yorkshire pud.
39 Queen’s English.
40 Real ale.
41 Pimms.
42 Jaguar E-type.
43 David Bowie.
44 Prince Harry.
45 Harrods.
46 Ice cream vans.
47 The Red Arrows.
48 Margaret Thatcher.
49 Covent Garden.
50 Morris Dancers.