Every Christmas, Brits gather to watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire puddings, mince pies, Christmas pudding, and Christmas cake. Christmas in the United ...

Some of our best-loved Christmas traditions, those rituals we consider to be part our national identity, are not British at all.

Every year, without fail, the U.K.’s State Opening of Parliament sparks renewed fascination for its extravagant conventions entangled in royal tradition. The State Opening—which takes place in the ...

While the Christmas card may have seemed like an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced by other, older British holiday ...

There are some UK Christmas traditions that people from the US might not recognize. Every Christmas, British families watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire ...

Picture this: You're sitting in a cozy British pub, ordering what feels like a timeless classic - a ploughman's lunch. Crusty bread, sharp cheddar, tangy pickle, maybe some ham. It screams "ye olde ...

Since moving from Texas to the U.K., one woman has learned plenty about British culture, but there is one thing in particular that has blown her mind. It isn't the accents, and it certainly isn't the ...

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 ...

Every Christmas, Brits gather to watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire puddings, mince pies, Christmas pudding, and Christmas cake. Christmas in the United ...