They gave us fish ‘n chips and Elton John, and in return, we gave them Bob Dylan and Al-Anon.

Ruth Gledhill of The Times of London gives us her list of 10 things we should love about America. She starts with a YouTube clip of Bob Dylan singing “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” from Billy the Kid.

This is an apparent retort to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ put-down of the U.S. management in Iraq, implying that Washington could learn a few things about how to manage an empire from Britain’s sojourn in India.

Her list of America’s Top 10 gifts to the world:

1. The Constitution.

2. Democracy.

3. Equality of opportunity.

4. Lack of class differences.

5. Jazz.

6. Hollywood.

7. The Twelve-Step addiction recovery programme.

8. Bob Dylan.

9. Multi-culturalism.

10.The World Wide Web.