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Bacon in buttered bread — Britain's definitive hangover cure, breakfast on the move, and the subject of a permanent argument about which…

Sausages and mashed potato with onion gravy: a plain, cheap, deeply comforting British dinner and a pub menu fixture.

Britain's public holidays: eight days a year in England and Wales when banks, offices and most schools close, traditionally falling on a…

The Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London: ceremonial guards in Tudor red-and-gold who live inside the fortress and act as its…

The great bell inside the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament — though almost everyone uses the name for the tower…

Britain's second city: an industrial powerhouse rebuilt after the war, home of the Balti and the canal network, and the butt of…

What the British call cookies: sweet, usually crisp, eaten with tea, and ranked by the entire nation according to how well they…

London's licensed taxis: purpose-built, wheelchair accessible, hailable in the street, and driven by people who have memorised the entire city.

A dark, crumbly sausage made from pork blood, fat and oats, sliced and fried as part of a cooked breakfast — and…

Fee-paying schools where pupils live on site during term — confusingly called "public schools" in Britain, and a defining institution of the…

British police officers: unarmed, in custodian helmets, named after Robert Peel, who founded the first modern police force in 1829.

The night of 5 November, when Britain lights bonfires and sets off fireworks to mark the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot…

The 26th of December: a public holiday for eating leftovers, watching sport, going to the sales and recovering from Christmas.

Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, voted for by 52% to 48% in June 2016 and completed on 31 January 2020.

The thirty-odd crossings of the Thames in London, from medieval stone to Victorian iron — and the two most famous of which…

The difference between England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles — four terms that mean four different things and…

Leftover potato and cabbage from a roast dinner, fried together into a crisp cake — the classic British use for yesterday's vegetables.

The London home and administrative headquarters of the British monarch, with 775 rooms and a balcony that appears on television at every…

The British holiday camp: all-inclusive seaside resorts with chalets, entertainment and organised fun, invented in 1936 and still running at three sites.

The British Broadcasting Corporation: a publicly funded, editorially independent broadcaster paid for by a licence fee on every household that watches live…

A cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, tomato, mushrooms and toast, eaten far more often at weekends and in cafés than…