Following on from my post on British class society and how the lives of the upper classes differ from the rest, I'd like to take a closer...

In a previous post, I wrote about the cost of independent schools and the opportunities they offer. I ended up talking about friends who...

The British can be proud of having fought for many democratic achievements in throughout their history, many of which we take for granted...

As previously described, the public healthcare system is the pride of Britain. Among other things, the pride results from the absence of...

In my posts about football and how it reflects society (and also how it doesn't), I have sometimes talked about Britain and sometimes...

In the first part of my football special, I demonstrated how football reflects society. German engineering spirit and the British focus...

In my post Germans are Engineers, Britons are Businessmen I dealt with the different mentalities of the two mentioned peoples and gave...

These days, the UK's national health system, the National Health Service (NHS), had its 75th anniversary. It is about time to write about...

In my post about the English education system, I explained that in some English schools (rather: in many) students are driven to focus...

Chaos and incompetence reign everywhere in Britain at least I gave that impression in my last post. But is it really everywhere? Of...

Aside from immigration, Britain’s status and (self-)perception were important factors in the vote for Brexit. For many, the EU was seen...

As I prepare this post for publication, things are once again heating up in British politics. The trigger is the government's Illegal...