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The BBC's flagship soap opera, set in a fictional East London square since 1985, and famous for its grim storylines and the…

The Christian festival of the Resurrection, marked in Britain with a four-day weekend, chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and roast lamb.

The capital of Scotland: a city built on volcanic rock, split between a medieval Old Town and a Georgian New Town, and…

Britain's 230-volt supply and the distinctive three-pin plug — an unusually safe design, and a practical matter every visitor has to deal…

A mid-morning break for tea or coffee and something small to eat, taken at around eleven o'clock — a minor but genuine…

The largest and most populous nation of the United Kingdom: 57 million people, no parliament of its own, and a strong north-south…

The charity that cares for over 400 historic sites in England, from Stonehenge to Roman forts, and the body behind the blue…

The most famous private school in the world: a boys' boarding school near Windsor, founded in 1440, which has produced twenty British…

The floral emblems of the four nations — the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock — each with its own legend and its…

Queen from 1952 to 2022 — the longest-reigning monarch in British history, and for most people alive the only one they had…

One of the world's largest economies, dominated by services rather than manufacturing, heavily concentrated on London, and unusually unbalanced between its regions.

Britain's schooling structure: compulsory from 5 to 18 in England, with GCSEs at 16, A-Levels at 18, and a fee-paying sector of…

Why Britain kept sterling instead of joining the euro — a decision taken long before Brexit and now settled beyond serious argument.