Prepare to have some of your cherished assumptions dashed against the rocks of reality. No matter how much you dig Monty Python, Downton Abbey, and Doctor Who, your foreign eyes are probably blind to the weirdly complex social rules that govern every British interaction. Make any of these common mistakes while vacationing in Britain, and prepare to...
12 Things You Should Never Do In Britain
Prepare to have some of your cherished assumptions dashed against the rocks of reality. No matter how much you dig Monty Python, Downton Abbey, and Doctor Who, your foreign eyes are probably blind to the weirdly complex social rules that govern every British interaction. Make any of these common mistakes while vacationing in Britain, and prepare to have the world's most well-spoken lynch mob after you...
In prehistoric Doggerland, a hilly, densely wooded area that once connected today's British Isles and Europe, the Mesolithic ancestors of the modern-day Britons faced a problem that humans have to reckon with now: rising sea levels. In fact, the floods that wrecked their homeland were the result of melting glaciers, a situation that recalls...
While a unified Great Britain has existed politically for 315 years, England as we know it has existed for around 1,000 years. Geographically speaking, Great Britain is the landmass containing England, Scotland, and Wales. England stretches from the northernmost region of Northumberland to the southernmost and westernmost region of Cornwall...
The so-called "War to End All Wars" saw Great Britain's first mandated military service with the passing of the 1916 Military Service Bill. And it's easy to see why men felt apprehensive about serving, especially after the initial excitement wore off. World War I marked the introduction of gas masks, flamethrowers, submarines, and tanks into...
The greatest military force in the world, beaten by a bunch of rag-tag upstarts — the story of the American victory over the British military in the Revolutionary War still causes awe. Unfortunately, many myths have been sprung up to make the American victory all that much more story-worthy. The greatest military force in the world, beaten by a bunch of...