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Pork Pies Cockney Rhyming Slang

What is Cockney rhyming slang?

Bins and graffiti in the back alley between terraced houses

How safe is the UK?

illuminated ship in Liverpool - one of Britains biggest cities

Guide to Britain’s biggest cities

Information about rents, crime and more
Street with houses and flats, and a rainbow over the top

What makes a good neighbour in Britain?

Shopping in English or Messages in Scots

Scots – a language like English, but not

Wreath on door

Why we have Christmas door wreaths

Coat Of Arms

What is a coat of arms?

Window of high street betting shop

Gambling in Britain

Market stall selling bread. The stallholder is giving change to a person who has just bought something

Why people say please and thank you so much

Guide to British humour. Two young people laughing together

Guide to British humour

Cards from people who have all added an X after their name

What that X means on messages

People on deckchairs near Brighton Pier

30 very British things to do

Hand holding a Four Leaf Clover

Lucky and unlucky symbols in Britain

Chalkboard on pub wall with the words 'Fancy dress party 80's theme new years eve'

Why fancy dress is so popular

Two men thatching a roof

What traditional British last names mean

A group of people drinking tea from mugs

Great places to meet new people

Group of people working in an office

How to make friends at work

Group of children performing karate in a park

Where to find local groups in Britain

Woman looking fairly excited about a gift she has just opened. A man sits next to her

Why a lie can be better than the truth

Man pouring tea for his daughter

Why do British people drink so much tea?

Sign on a train saying 'No smoking, vaping or candle stick making on platforms or trains'

Is it a joke? Everyday humour

A tray with three types of beer in the foreground. In the background there is a man in a wheelchair

The custom of buying a round

Man on a horse playing polo

Sport and social class in Britain

Group of people on horses in front of a large country house. The people are wearing clothes used for foxhunting

What is foxhunting?

Variety of signs for pleasure boat trips called Pirate and Yorkshireman

Regional accents in Britain

A plate of mixed biscuits

Biscuits – and manners

Three young women in party dresses

Dress codes explained