Anti-English sentiment, also known as Anglophobia, refers to opposition, dislike, fear, hatred, oppression, persecution, and discrimination of English people and/or England. It can be observed in vari
"Gott strafe England" ("May God punish England") on a World War I–era cup
"Roastbeef" (or "rosbif") is a long-standing Anglophobe French slang term to designate the English or British people. Its origins lies in William Hogarth's francophobic painting The Gate of Calais or O! The Roast Beef of Old England, in which the "roastbeef" allegory is used as a mockery. Its popular use includes films, television shows and sketch comedies.
Slum children in New York City drilling under anti-English placards, "Yellow kid" cartoon by Richard F. Outcault from Joseph Pulitzer's Democratic newspaper New York World, 15 March 1896.
This 1898 depiction of the Great Rapprochement shows Uncle Sam embracing John Bull, while Columbia and Britannia sit together and hold hands.
An Anglophile is a person who admires or loves England, its people, its culture, its language or its various accents.
Anti-English sentiment
…War and perceptions of British imperialism. Generally, the term is sometimes used more loosely as a synonym for anti-British sentiment. Its opposite is Anglophilia. British statesman and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said that the proud English were sprung from "a horde of Baltic pirates who were never heard…
A plaque in St George's, Bloomsbury, dedicated to the American philanthropist Paul Mellon, a noted Anglophile
The James, an English-style pub in Münster, sporting the British flag and the sign of James II
A German phone box in Bielefeld, designed as a homage to the traditional British phone box