London's Language and Culture

London is an enormous city where it is truly noisy, vibrant and multicultural. It is considered one of the world's leading "global cities" and London remains an international capital of culture, music, education, fashion, politics, finance and trade. London also has a rich history and has experienced many battles, plagues and turmoil. Eventually London emerged as a great trading city and with the rise of England to first European then global prominence, London became a great centre of culture, government and industry. The remnants of war during the Bronze and Iron Age, with Roman ruling, Celtic tribes and vikings, by walking around the streets you can see that London has embraced its warlike culture with plenty of buildings and designs in the form of medieval structure.
The culture of London concerns the arts, music, museums, festivals and entertainment. There is a traditional world view of the white British citizen that they are reserved with a ‘stiff upper lip’ attitude to life, deemed to be particularly true of Londoners - even that they are positively rude to strangers. However, London is multicultural and with an increase in immigration, society is beginning to become more accepting and tolerant. With a diversity of races comes a diversity of religions and as a result London has to cater for different requirements. For instance, many restaurants usually cater for religious dietary needs such as having available Halal and Kosher meats as well as well as catering for individual needs such as having simple burger joints to fancy restaurants. There is plenty to do in London and the city is always buzzing. Art galleries, world heritage sites and music festivals are traditional and customs for individuals to attend when in London. There is so much activity and with over 300 languages spoken in London with the main being English, many different tourists can interact with locals to find their way around the city.