Many people often assume that the terms England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom are interchangeable, but they’re ...

The UK’s coronavirus crisis has reignited one of the country’s most bitter political debates: Can the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland survive as a union of four nations?

The four countries that make up the United Kingdom are England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each country has its own distinct identity, culture, and history.

THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom Frank Welsh, . . Yale Univ., $35 (536pp) ISBN 978-0-300-09374-2 ...

Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch of fourteen countries in addition to the United Kingdom. Barbados’s transition to a republic has revived debate over the future of the Crown.

The United Kingdom is a state made up of the historic countries of England, Wales and Scotland, as well as Northern Ireland. It is known as the home of both modern parliamentary democracy and the ...