Sir, In Ian Buruma’s most interesting article “More British than the British” (Life & Arts, January 16), he asserts that “Britishness is a nationality, Englishness reeks more of blood and soil”, and ...

As England expects ahead of our showdown with Italy on Sunday, Englishness is back in vogue amongst political circles. As the St George's Crosses pop up at pubs and houses across the country, senior ...

How did the British become so excitable? Everyone who has observed British politics play out as a dance of dervishes since 2016—when Britain voted narrowly to bolt from the European Union—has been ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Mr Stephen Woodcock. Sir, Mark Gomar argues that nations are prone to biased views of their histories, ...

An increasingly assertive English nationalism; the prospect of an independent Scotland; the economic crisis.... the English question is ready to explode. Evasion tactics are deeply embedded, but even ...

Elbowing your way into the Hogarth exhibition at Tate Britain is like squeezing into an Arsenal match when they're playing Tottenham at home. By the time it closes on 29th April, this will be one of ...

Originally published by the Journal of American, British and Canadian Studies. Berberich, Christine (2009) “A peculiarly English idiosyncrasy?”: Julian Barnes’s use of lists in England, England.

After beating Denmark 2–1 last night, the English men’s national soccer team is set to return to London’s Wembley Stadium for the final of the European Championship against Italy on Sunday. The last ...

“There’s a sense, for better or worse, among a lot of fellow second-generation Asians that Englishness means white British, and that Englishness is not necessarily inclusive to all people born in this ...

The poster girl of Swinging Sixties style, Marianne Faithfull, died aged 78 on January 30. After a life of dizzying highs and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...