Tag: Britain

Captain Scott took jars to the Antarctic with him, and Edmund Hillary took one up Everest. Marmalade is part of the British national myth. Livvy Potts wants to know why.

The art of sandwich-making requires “tenacity, knowledge, know-how, flair.”

Why were we personally affected by a woman few knew and even fewer ever understood?

The story of a football team’s mascot, the man inside the costume, and the town that rallied around its local hero.

From her education to the careful plans for her funeral, seven stories on the long-reigning monarch.

The last death of a Monarch was in 1952, and the BBC stopped all comedy for a set period of mourning after the announcement was made. The Daily Mail reports that the BBC plans to do the same again today, cancelling all comedy until after the funeral.