United Kingdom – Strangers Guide

United Kingdom

The term “gentrification” was first coined by British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe her observations of what was happening to housing in...

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London After Brexit

What will the most multi-ethnic and diverse city in Europe look like after it leaves the EU?

by Sabrina Axster

London is often described as the most multi-ethnic and diverse city in Europe. Its residents hail...

England

Underground London

In the rush of a modern city, who pauses to ponder what exists beneath?

by James Jeffrey

What lies beneath has an ominous aspect to us ground dwellers. We appreciate being able to...

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William Bullock, who initially trained as a jeweler, first opened a museum in Liverpool in 1795, moving it to London fourteen years later. It...

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England

“The bath waters having such an origin, and such qualities, must needs be an excellent remedy...”

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United Kingdom

“This was the river that Nanny and I set out to explore, and immediately we made...”

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England

““O Oysters, come and walk with us!” The Walrus did beseech. “A pleasant walk, a pleasant...”

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England

Oysters have a storied history in Britain: Before the Roman invasion, the British regarded them as a poorer substitute for meat or fish. The...

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Orkney Islands

This is the cockpit of “The Islander”—the small aircraft that offers commercial flights 1.7 miles each way from Westray to Papa Westray in the...

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England

“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts… There’s...”

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London

“Twenty minutes later the Bakerloo Line delivered them into the icy cold of Trafalgar Square. In...”

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“. . . for our purposes we must limit the definition of the mods to working...”

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