Tag: United Kingdom

A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.

“Algorithms…don’t go on mutant rampages, they only sometimes reveal and amplify the cruddy human biases that underpin them.”

The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it’s time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island.

If the historically coal-reliant United Kingdom can come off the black stuff, can the United States?

Russian money is parked in English real estate and other assets, but is it too late to purge its influence on Britain?

In an essay for the Guardian, writer and journalist Margo Jefferson considers how the new multiculturalism of the House of Windsor has refreshed the royal house’s relevancy and appeal. Markle majored in international relations and theatre at Northwestern University, Illinois. Besides becoming an actor, she became a feminist who worked for UN Women as an advocate for political […]

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

Tom Lamont’s exhaustive 2015 deep-dive on the death of pub culture in England is worth re-reading, considering the role a bar plays within a community.

Tim Burrows travels from London to the English countryside to talk with regular folks about the changing UK, race, immigration and the reasons behind Brexit.

A look at WBUK, an organization created in the United Kingdom to provide support for whistleblowers who often lose their jobs, families, reputations and mental health witnessing illicit activity and going public: Beyond them sit about two dozen people whose lives, like those of Foxley and Gardiner, have been transformed because they refused to look […]