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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over ___MASK5___ smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over ___MASK14___ million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Michael Laurence Nyman , CBE ( born ___MASK95___ March 1944 ) is an English composer of minimalist music , pianist , librettist and musicologist , known for numerous film scores ( many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway ), and his multi - platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion ' s " The Piano ". He has written a number of operas , including " The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat "; " Letters , Riddles and Writs "; " Noises , Sounds & Sweet Airs "; " Facing Goya "; ""; " Love Counts "; and " Sparkie : Cage and Beyond ". He has written six concerti , four string quartets , and many other chamber works , many for his Michael Nyman Band . He is also a performing pianist . Nyman prefers to write opera rather than other forms of music . Daniel Pearl ( October ___MASK27___ , 1963  February ___MASK31___ , 2002 ) was a journalist for the " Wall Street Journal " with American and Israeli citizenship . He was kidnapped by Pakistani terrorists and later murdered in Pakistan . Mariane van Neyenhoff Pearl ( born ___MASK95___ ___MASK97___ ) is a French freelance journalist and a former reporter and columnist for " Glamour " magazine . She is the widow of Daniel Pearl , an American journalist who was the Southeast Asia bureau chief for the " Wall Street Journal ." He was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002 , during the early months of the United States ' War on Terror . Harry Escott ( born ___MASK19___ ) is a British composer living in London . He has composed the scores to several films including " Shame ", " Hard Candy " and " A Mighty Heart ". He scored Eran Creevy ' s 2nd feature film , the action thriller " Welcome to the Punch " which was executive produced by Ridley Scott and had its cinematic release in 2013 . This was the second time he had worked with Creevy , having scored the director ' s debut feature , " Shifty ", for which he received a BIFA nomination in 2008 . He has frequently collaborated with Molly Nyman . The London Assembly is an elected body , part of the Greater London Authority , that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power , with a two - thirds majority , to amend the Mayor ' s annual budget and to reject the Mayor ' s draft statutory strategies . The assembly was established in ___MASK2___ and meets at City Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames , close to Tower Bridge . The assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners ( transport , environmental matters , etc .), publish its findings and recommendations , and make proposals to the Mayor . The Falls is a ___MASK88___ film directed by Peter Greenaway . It was Greenaway ' s first feature - length film after many years making shorts . It does not have a traditional dramatic narrative ; it takes the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts . The Mayor of London is an elected politician who , along with the London Assembly of ___MASK30___ members , is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London . The current mayor is Sadiq Khan , who took up office on 9 May 2016 . The position had been held by Ken Livingstone from the creation of the role on ___MASK83___ May 2000 until he was defeated in 2008 by Boris Johnson , who served two terms before being succeeded by Khan . Surrey is a county in the south east of England and also one of the home counties bordering Greater London . Surrey shares borders with Kent to the east , East Sussex to the south - east , West Sussex to the south , Hampshire to the west and south - west and Berkshire to the north - west . The county town is Guildford . Surrey County Council sits extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames , administered as part of Greater London since ___MASK1___ . With a resident population of ___MASK31___ . ___MASK31___ million , Surrey is the most densely populated and third most populated county in the South East region , after Kent and Hampshire . A Mighty Heart : The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl ( ___MASK52___ ) is a memoir by Mariane Pearl , a freelance French journalist . She covers the ___MASK81___ kidnapping and murder by terrorists in Pakistan of her late husband Daniel Pearl , an American journalist with the " Wall Street Journal ." Middlesex ( abbreviation : Middx ) was a county in southeast England that is now mostly part of Greater London , with small sections in neighbouring counties . It was established in the Anglo - Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons , and existed as an official unit until ___MASK1___ . The historic county included land stretching north of the River Thames from east to west of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries . The largely low - lying county , dominated by clay in its north and alluvium on gravel in its south , was the second smallest by area in ___MASK76___ . Harry Escott ( b . September 9 , ___MASK28___ ) is a British composer living in London . He has composed the scores to several films including Shame , Hard Candy and A Mighty Heart . He scored Eran Creevy ' s 2nd feature film , the action thriller Welcome to the Punch which was executive produced by Ridley Scott and had its cinematic release in ___MASK36___ . This was the second time he had worked with Creevy , having scored the director ' s debut feature , Shifty , for which he received a BIFA nomination in 2008 . He has frequently collaborated with Molly Nyman . Escott plays cello with the North Sea Radio Orchestra . In 2015 , he was a member of the judging panel for the Leeds College of Music ' s Film Night student showcase . He studied music at the Royal College of Music and Oxford University . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about ___MASK8___ million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over ___MASK31___ , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Molly Nyman has composed numerous film scores , mostly in collaboration with Harry Escott . She is the elder daughter of composer Michael Nyman , and appeared in Peter Greenaway ' s " The Falls ", as did her mother , Aet Nyman . Nyman was awarded the Women ' s International Film & Television Showcase 2014 Sound Award in recognition of her work as a composer . Peter Greenaway , CBE ( born ___MASK69___ April 1942 in Newport , Wales ) is a British film director , screenwriter , and artist . His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting , and Flemish painting in particular . Common traits in his film are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity , nature and architecture , furniture and people , sexual pleasure and painful death . The City of London is a city and county within London . It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages , but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City ' s borders . The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London , though it remains a notable part of central London . Administratively , it forms one of the ___MASK59___ local authority districts of Greater London ; however , the City of London is not a London borough , a status reserved for the other ___MASK25___ districts ( including London ' s only other city , the City of Westminster ). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated ___MASK15___ . ___MASK31___ million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union .