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Every entry in the A to Z of Britain filed under the letter D.

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Digestive Biscuits

A plain, wheaty, semi-sweet biscuit invented in Scotland in 1839, and Britain's most reliable partner for a cup of tea.

Food and Drink
Dinner, Tea or Supper?

The British confusion over what to call the evening meal — a question of region and class as much as of time,…

Food and Drink
Doctor Who

The world's longest-running science fiction television series: a time-travelling alien in a police box, on the BBC since 1963, played by fifteen…

Culture and Media
Dos and Don’ts in Britain

A practical list of the things visitors most often get wrong in Britain, and the small number that genuinely matter.

Traditions and Customs
Double Decker Buses

Britain's two-storey public buses, red in London and every other colour elsewhere, with the top deck front seats being the best free…

Transport
Downing Street

The short Westminster street containing Number 10, the prime minister's home and office, and Number 11, the Chancellor's — Britain's equivalent of…

Government and Law
Driving in Britain

Driving on the left, in narrower lanes, on smaller roads, with roundabouts instead of four-way stops and speeds posted in miles per…

Transport

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