At first glance, England is just like any other country: it has its own people, the English, its own flag, and even its own national football team. But in reality, England is like a patchwork quilt…
The number of European Union citizens leaving the UK has reached its highest level in ten years, standing at 130,000 as of last September. Meanwhile, 220,000 EU citizens moved to Britain for…
Let's not beat around the bush: in countries where alcohol is not prohibited, holidays are usually associated with increased alcohol consumption. The problem is that alcohol is not always consumed in…
The first time I went to England, I knew English cuisine only from literary and cinematic approximations: Dickens' character offering the top of a boiled egg to the youngest member of the household…
Foxes run through the streets of London without any shyness, parrots and peregrine falcons fly in the sky, badgers roam the alleys, and seals swim in the Thames. Welcome to the capital of Great…
For a decade, satellites photographed the territory of Great Britain, while researchers compared the images with maps and classified them: here – pastures, there – glaciers, here – skyscrapers of the…
The world celebrated the golden anniversary of the ATM: 50 years ago, on June 27, 1967, the world's first ATM was installed at a Barclays bank branch in the Enfield area of north London. To mark the…
A tan is evidence of skin damage, not health, remind the National Health Service of England and the UK Met Office to all parents going on holiday with their children. A study conducted by these two…
The British government has published a 15-page document detailing what Britain offers EU citizens after Brexit. It states that all EU citizens legally residing in Britain for at least five years will…
Theresa May's government has decided to increase the amount of the financial threshold required for entry into the UK for family reunification. Thus, the conservative cabinet has separated thousands…
If you have come from another country and are planning to work in the UK, you face a long process of adapting to office life here. Working in a British company has a number of peculiarities that can…