What does it mean to be British?
Stephen Fry »
'What does it mean to be British??,' the writer and broadcaster asks himself. 'Well, I can say what it does NOT mean.'
JK Rowling »
'Britishness for me means the best comedy and the best music in the world, the most interesting fashion and football, and the funkiest flag,' says author JK Rowling.
Lord Puttnam »
In this video contribution, Oscar-winning former film producer Lord Puttnam looks back to the 'extraordinary optimism' of Britain during the Second World War.
Dr Indrajit Singh »
'I grew up in England, Sikh by religion and very British in other respects,' says the broadcaster and editor of Sikh Messenger.
Sir Jonathan Sacks »
Britain is the birthplace of freedom in the modern world, says the Chief Rabbi in this video contribution.
Sir Martin Evans »
British individualism dates back to the Magna Carta, says the Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
Anil Bhanot »
The General Secretary of the Hindu Council presents his list of ten British values.
Stuart Etherington »
'An active and vibrant civil society is essential to a healthy democracy,' says Stuart Etherington, the Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Elizabeth Matear »
Being British is 'the responsibility to live up to and live out the positive and best, not for ourselves alone but for others', says the moderator of the Free Churches Group.
Trevor Phillips »
'The scale and speed of change today presents a huge test of our evolutionary integration process,' says the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Humanist Philosophers' Group »
'The core value which we believe can bring people together in this country,' says the network of academic philosophers in the UK, 'is the ideal of an open, inclusive and cooperative society from which no group or individual is excluded, and from which no group deliberately excludes itself.'
Nicole Cooke, Olympic gold medal winner »
'Thinking during a race that if I win I will hear the British National Anthem at the end as I stand on the winner's rostrum is a very motivating feeling,' the Welsh cycling star tells us.
Inter Faith Network »
The Executive Committee of the UK's inter faith linking body involving the major faiths reflects on shared values, principles and ideals.
Dame Evelyn Glennie »
'We are in danger of losing our own identity amongst the interests, language and cultures we have embraced,' says the world-renowned percussionist.
Adam Sampson, Shelter »
'It is the fact that none of us has a greater claim to Britishness than any other that makes us who we are as a nation,' writes the chief executive of housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
Dr Tim Edensor »
'Above all, being British is an exceedingly mundane matter,' says Dr Tim Edensor, reader in Cultural Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. Do you agree?
John Bird, The Big Issue »
'To be British,' according to the founder and editor-in-chief of The Big Issue, 'is to be aware of your history, but never held back by it.'