How has Britain changed in the past 10 years? Prospect Magazine h...  ...infographic detailing the transformation of Great Britain from 1997 to 2009:Richer, fatter, living longer,...  ...cted by 25%.http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/how- britain

Probably no tree better symbolizes Britain than Quercus robur, the native oak.  In an essay...  ...mon Schama reviews its significance. The tree is Britain , after all. Boscobel oak, where Charles II hid...  ...ttacking Quercus robur, up and down the length of Britain ....

Officials at a nursery school in Pemberton, England, confiscated the cheese sandwich a two-year old brought to school.  The sandwich was considered to be inappropirate because it did not include either lettuce or tomato...

Image: Kalimedia Cartography blog Strange Maps has a map of the British Isles showing current place names translated into modern English. It's one from a collection known as The Atlas of True Names. You can view a l...

One of the charms of Britain is the array of friendly, locally owned neighborh...  ...hood pubs and their interesting historic names. Britain ’s colourful pub signs speak volumes about the c...  ...invariably has a story behind it. The artwork on Britain ’s pub signs is insp...

Remember the New Jersey man who tried to pay his traffic ticket with pennies? Well, in a courageous display of one-upmanship, here's what one British guy did: he paid his parking ticket with a check written on a toilet p...