Britains

“THERE ONCE WAS a little girl in Small Heath, one of the poorest areas of Birmingham, who worked behind the till in her parents’ corner shop.” So said Shabana Mahmood during her swearing-in speech as Britain’s new Lord Chancellor on July…

Count Binface, Elmo and a man wearing a balaclava with a baked-beans print have all had their extremely brief moments in the sun in this British election.As has long been the tradition in Britain, the elections include various joke…

It’s a strange picture: today’s breed of keffiyeh-sporting omni-activists poring over the investment portfolios of the financial institutions that sponsor cultural festivals until they identify links not…

Stevenage would be the first town in the country to have a completely pedestrian centre; this was a radical idea at the time (and still is, to some extent). Teething problems included damp, shortages of…

London (CNN) — Royal Mail dates back to the Tudors. It has been operating a postal service in England since the reign of Henry VIII.Now this most British of institutions is on the brink of being sold to a Czech billionaire, Daniel…

LONDON — Five years ago, Britain’s Conservative Party scored a landslide victory in a general election that contained outlines of a realignment in that nation’s politics. Today, those same Conservatives appear headed for one of their…

Britain's King Charles III is to return to some public-facing duties next week, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday evening. The UK monarch stepped back temporarily from public engagements after beingdiagnosed with an undisclosed…

Britain's Kensington Palace has released a photograph of Prince Louis to celebrate his 6th birthday, the first image by the Princess of Wales it has distributed since news organizations, including The Associated Press, withdrew a photo…

Campaigners say a car crash of different disasters has left the UK with some of the worst bathing water quality in Europe. ADVERTISEMENTAnger is rising over the dumping of untreated sewage into the UK’s rivers and seas.The…

The poll also found that, even in an era of video games and social media, board games maintain a strong place in the nation’s affections Monopoly has been crowned Britain’s best-loved board game(Getty Images) By Graham…