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Royal Mail es parte de la simbología británica, sus orígenes están en 1516, cuando fue fundada por Enrique VIII, de hecho se llama “Royal” porque hasta que Carlos I lo abrió a todo el mundo, era el servicio postal del Rey.

El gobierno ha impuesto a los nuevos propietarios que el servicio postal en el Reino Unido siga siendo universal, eso significa que lo que te cuesta mandar una carta o un paquete dependa del peso, del tamaño y de cuando quieres que llegue, no del destino. Te cuesta lo mismo mandar algo al vecino que al lugar más recóndito de Escocia. Era el típico ejemplo del Bien Público, en el que la parte del servicio que da beneficio (repartir en lugares de alta densidad de población como Londres) paga las pérdidas de otras partes del servicio. El objetivo de la compañía era proporcionar al ciudadano un servicio, no lograr un beneficio.

ROYAL MAIL

If you have been to the United Kingdom, you have surely seen the famous red postboxes. They are a symbol in the UK, recently privatized by the British government, stating that it was necessary for the company to be private, so that the restructuring, essential for its survival, could be achieved. Why was this absolutely essential? Because lately, due to the new technologies, sending letters has fallen into disuse as those, who were used to sending letters, can send an email, twitt…etc.

The Royal Mail is one of the most famous British landmarks. It was founded by Henry VIII, in 1516. In fact it is called `Royal´ because it had been at that king´s service until 1635, when Charles I made it available to the public.

The government has required the Royal Mail to guarantee the maintenance of the universal service; this means that items-letters and parcels- can be sent to any location within the UK for a fixed price, not depending on the weight, size or distance. You just pay the same if you send something to your neighbour or to somebody in the depths of Scotland.

The Royal Mail is the typical example of public welfare because part of the service, which is profitable (the delivery of items in places with high density of population such as London), pays the loss in other sectors of the service. The aim of the company is to provide citizens with a service, not to make a profit.

Cuentan que cuando los soldados se marcharon, los campos sobre los que se había luchado se cubrieron de amapolas rojas, como si las flores se hubieran teñido con la sangre inocente. Evidentemente, estas amapolas habían crecido en aquellos campos muchos años antes de que los humanos llegaran con su mezquindad cruel.

Este 2014 se celebran los 100 años del inicio de la Gran Guerra, y para conmemorarlo se han plantado miles de amapolas rojas de porcelana en el foso de la Torre de Londres.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Remembrance Day is celebrated on II November each year, in honour of British soldiers and civilians (also the Commonwealth) killed in the war, and then London is covered with red poppies.

Originally the Remembrance Day began being a special day to commemorate the end of the First World War, the Great War, as the human race had never seen anything similar. It was remarkably cruel because it was the first war without banners, nice uniforms, in the absence of a king and barons leading the battle and making history. Over 16 million people-civilians and soldiers- were killed and 20 million wounded.

It is said that, when the soldiers left, the battlefields were covered with red poppies, as if the flowers had been stained with innocent blood.

Obviously, these poppies had bloomed in those fields for a long time before the arrival of human beings with their cruel meanness.

In 2014, the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War was celebrated, and thousands of red poppies made of porcelain were planted in the moat of the Tower of London.

En 1994 colaboró con Tim Rice en la creación de cinco canciones para la película El Rey León, por los que consiguió un premio Grammy y un Oscar.

En el año 2010 la revista Rolling Stone le otorgó el puesto 38 en su lista de los 100 mejores cantantes de la historia y el puesto 49 en su lista de 100 mejores artistas de la historia. Sus múltiples reconocimientos incluyen el título de sir después de ser nombrado miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico por la reina Isabel II. De acuerdo con la revista Billboard, es el tercer artista más grande de todos los tiempos en los Estados Unidos También ha colaborado con el lanzamiento musical de artistas como Anastacia.

ELTON JOHN

Elton John, a famous British singer, is one of the best-selling musicians in the world. Sir Elton John, whose birth name was Reginald Kenneth Dwight, was born on 25 March 1947, in Pinner (London). He performs as a singer, composer, pianist of rock, glame rock and piano rock. He adopted the name Elton John to pay homage to the singer Long John Baldry and the saxophonist Elton Dean.

Most of his musical work has been written in collaboration with the lyricist and poet Bernie Taupin, whom he met in 1967.

In 1994, Elton John, along with Tim Rice, wrote five songs for the animated film The Lion King, which made him win a Grammy Award and an Oscar.

In 2010, the magazine Rolling Stones ranked him number 38 on its list of 100 best singers and number 49 on its list of 100 best musicians of all time.

Amongst all his honours, after being appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Elton John received a Knighthood from Elizabeth II- the title SIR.

According to the magazine Billboard, Elton John is the third best and most successful artist of all time in the United States.
He has also contributed to some musical artists´ debut such as Anastacia´s

Se encuentra en Londres, y ocupa un edificio victoriano y eduardiano en la esquina entre Cromwell Gardens y la Exhibition Road, en South Kensington, en la zona oeste de Londres.

THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

The Victoria and Albert museum was founded in 1852, and named the Kensington Museum but, in 1899, it was renamed in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, her husband. It is also known as the National Museum of Art and Design, regarded as the largest museum of decorative arts and design in the world, and considered as a work of art itself. It owns the national collection of Applied Art, which provides a lot of research facilities for those who study Design.

The museum houses a large collection of European art, as well as Hindu, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Islamic-about four million objects. It covers as much as 45,000 square metres with 145 galleries, where sculpture, glass pieces, jewellery, armours, weapons, garments, musical instruments, ceramics, architecture, furniture and many other pieces are displayed.

It is located in West London, and occupies a Victorian and Edwardian building on the corner of Cromwell Gardens and Exhibition Road in South Kensington.