I was just thinking...imagine that things had been different and it had been Britain that was the superpower of the 20th century. Given its previous track record of cultural imperalism, I think we can assume that UK corporations would have exported cheap, portable, easily consumable aspects of British culture just as aggresively as America has done, and that the rest of the world would be complaining today about the threat that Anglicisation posed to global diversity.

So, as a bit of fun, what do you think those cultural signifiers would be? What would replace McDonalds, Coke and MTV?

Irn Bru, Marmite and Eastenders...?