UK, Great Britain and England — What’s the difference?

England is a country, while Great Britain is the island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom is the ...
Foreign Affairs

Will Nationalism Break Britain?

In September 2022, the body of Queen Elizabeth was driven across Scotland from Balmoral Castle, where she died, to the royal palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The coffin was draped in the Royal ...
Foreign Affairs

How Brexit and Boris Broke Britain

The Tory leadership race, which will determine who becomes the next U.K. prime minister, looks to be a barnburner. Polls show that Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs ...
The Atlantic

How the British Broke Their Own Economy

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. What’s the matter with the United Kingdom? Great Britain is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, which ushered in an era of energy super-production and ...
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The United Kingdom’s Role in the World

Sixty years after former secretary of state Dean Acheson proclaimed that Britain had lost an empire, but not yet found a role in the world, the observation worryingly remains accurate as ever. Britain ...