Iconic Britain website launched

Will it be Geri Halliwell wearing a Union Jack dress or Vicky Pollard mouthing off?

This is the question Microsoft's Live Search is asking the nation in its quest to uncover Britain's most iconic image.

Live Search launched a new website, Iconic Britain, to discover the top 100 images that define the UK.

The site is a digital image bank loaded with images of everything that's quintessentially British, from pubs to red postboxes.

Surfers can log onto the site and submit images which they think define the nation. The search for the ultimate iconic images will last for eight weeks.

In August a panel of judges, including Joanna Lumley, will whittle the list down to the top 100.

When Web User first logged on we noticed that the images and the titles on the site were not matching. A picture of a pigeon had the title 'Oliver Cromwell', while a snooker table had the heading 'tea and scones'.

The glitch seems to have been fixed now.

Joanna Lumley said she is interested in seeing which images the British public chose. "It will be thrilling and fascinating to see the diverse range of ideas the nation has about Britain," she said.

To capture the diversity of images 10 entry categories have been selected ranging from Art and Culture to Great British Holidays.

www.iconicbritain.co.uk