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Beach in summer with heavy grey clouds covering the whole sky

Why Britain’s weather is so bad

Man pouring tea for his daughter

Why do British people drink so much tea?

A British roast dinner, consisting of roasted meat, roast potatoes, boiled carrots, peas and broccoli plus a Yorkshire pudding and stuffing balls

British food – good or bad?

Pallets with tins of baked beans in a supermarket

Why British people love baked beans

Picture of a flat wheat roll on a paper plate

From baps to barmcakes – strange names for bread rolls

Conkers lying in grass and fallen leaves. Conkers are the fruit of the horse chestnut tree

Britain’s strangest sports

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?

Group of men watching sport, seen from behind

Britain’s most popular spectator sports

Variety of signs for pleasure boat trips called Pirate and Yorkshireman

Regional accents in Britain

View of a newspaper advert from the government with the words Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives. Also a cup of tea and a child's drawing of a rainbow

How coronavirus showed us what matters

A plate of mixed biscuits

Biscuits – and manners

Side of pub building showing a colorful sign hanging from the wall and the words 'free house'

Pubs: what are they?

British passport

The 6 types of British nationality

Burton Agnes Hall in Yorkshire, built in 1598

Why Britain has so many large country houses

Caernarfon Castle in Wales at sunset

Why Britain has so many castles

Belvoir Castle is spelt B E L V O I R but pronounced beever

Aberystwyth to Urquhart – a pronounciation guide

Sheffield at night, with floodlit buildings

How many cities are there in the UK?

View of Oxford street in London with five red double-decker buses

Why London is so different to the rest of Britain

Elegant waste bin with City of London embossed on it and a coat of arms

What is the City of London?

Red sign with the words Heavy Plant Crossing

Britain’s most confusing road signs