No one knows what will happen in a post-Brexit United Kingdom. The advocates for leaving the European Union promised a sort of Valhalla of beautiful times where jobs were going to be plentiful and ...

In 1933, British author and essayist J. B. Priestley took a series of trips through England, south to west to north to east, in search of "Englishness." His record, English Journey, was published the ...

The British War Office’s mid-1930s decision to divide armored forces into Cruiser and Infantry Tanks fundamentally shaped how ...

The level of inequalities in premature mortality between different areas of Britain has almost surpassed those seen shortly before the economic crash of 1929 and the economic depression of the 1930s, ...

Britain's houses have never been more cramped, with newly built properties offering the smallest living rooms since homes constructed before the Second World War, according to new research. Analysis ...

Before the creation of the NHS, Britain relied on a patchwork of private and charitable providers for health care. The patchwork is back. “We are seeing the return of the mixed economy,” says Barry ...

The origins of Blitzkrieg are often seen as purely German innovation, but some of its core elements were actually influenced by British military thinking between the World Wars. In the 1920s and 1930s ...

¶ Passed and sent to George V for signature the most bitterly fought (for eight months) measure of this session: the Labor Government’s Coal Bill, previously passed by the House of Commons (TIME, ...

Britain is back in recession. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the economy shrank by 0.2 percent over the first three months of 2012, following a 0.3 percent contraction at the ...

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The level of inequalities in premature mortality between different areas of Britain has almost surpassed those seen shortly before the economic crash of 1929 and the economic depression of the 1930s, ...