SOMETIMES A LITTLE geopolitical rivalry can produce a big pay-off. France opened the Louvre in 1793. The Netherlands followed with what is now known as the Rijksmuseum, then Spain with the Prado.

After being locked down, socially distanced, and restricted from traveling abroad, many people are booking “revenge travel” and planning to get back to their favorite destinations. In fact, just ...

Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. By Paul Collier. Allen Lane; 304 pages; £25. To be published in America by PublicAffairs in August; $32 The Changing Electoral Map of England and ...

When you think of British culture, there are usually certain things that instantly spring to mind. There are things that are deeply rooted in British culture; we just assume that that’s where they ...

Four female fashion models, who are wearing some pieces from Mary Quant's new autumn/winter collection, London, May 1975 Four female fashion models, who are wearing some pieces from Mary Quant's new ...

Simon Kuper argues that while our sporting expectations might be overly ambitious, they remain a vital aspect of Brand Britain’s soft power. The English (more so than any other home nation) make an ...

Back in June 2020, photographer Nadine Scarlett was busy getting involved in the Black Lives Matter protests that were filling the streets of central London at the time. Then just 20 years old, she ...

An immersive installation created for Bradford City of Culture 2025 uses cutting-edge tech to present cultural history in a ...

The British music journalist Dave Rimmer documented this lively and colorful U.K. pop music explosion as it was happening with his 1985 book Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop. A ...