The Forward

In Britain, a Jewish Culture Month aims to move the conversation beyond Oct. 7

(JTA) — In the almost three years since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas invasion of Israel, Great Britain has seen “a relentless focus on everything to do with the Jewish community in the public domain, and ...
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Britain’s Pub Culture Faces a Mortal Threat: The Single-File Queue

LONDON—The British have famously strict etiquette for queuing. Dare cut in line here and you’ll quickly be met with scorn, or at least a tut. But there is one place where forming a single line has ...
Time

British Fashion Has Always Been About More Than Just Looks

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The Economist

In its 200 years the National Gallery has mirrored Britain

SOMETIMES A LITTLE geopolitical rivalry can produce a big pay-off. France opened the Louvre in 1793. The Netherlands followed with what is now known as the Rijksmuseum, then Spain with the Prado.
The Conversation

The Windrush dance revolution that transformed Britain – from Birmingham’s basements to Notting Hill carnival

Reggae, dancehall, and identity: how Jamaican music transformed British society. Holly Squire/Canva Growing up in Birmingham in the early 1960s, I am part of the African Caribbean generation that ...
THE WEEK

Is British history something to be proud of?

Pride in Britain's history has declined at a "startling" rate, said Philip Johnston in The Daily Telegraph, according to "depressing" findings in this year's British social attitudes survey. According ...
Cosmopolitan

"British Women binge drink more than any other nationality – I should know, I used to be the worst of all"

Bottomless brunch. Happy hours. Pre-drinks, then hitting the club for more. How we socialise so often revolves around drinking – so is it really any surprise that new research (spanning over 30 ...
The Economist

Inside Britain’s national culture collections

A sample of human coronavirus (catalogue number 2008101v) will set you back £282 ($347). Browse on through the catalogue and it offers you the chance to buy a dose of Herpes simplex virus and cowpox ...
Forbes

Gibraltar: Where British Culture Meets Sunny Southern Europe

The Rock of Gibraltar has long been a key navigational and strategic location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Fondly referred to as 'The Rock', the limestone monolith that ...
Wall Street Journal

How the British Flag Became a Flashpoint in a New Culture War

RUGBY, England—Stuart Field raised his first flags in July: the English red cross of St. George and also a smattering of the British red, white and blue, hanging them from his hometown’s streetlights.
The Jewish Exponent

In Britain, a Jewish Culture Month Aims to Move the Conversation Beyond Oct. 7

Paul Collins, far left, keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, delivered an address on Ancient Israel and Judah as part of Britain’s Jewish Culture Month, June 11. The talk ...