Articles by subject: Britain

I am bovvered (by Owen Jones, September/October 2011 ): White trash, vermin, underclass, broken Britain. When Owen Jones published his book Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class, he wasn’t expecting such an onslaught
The Scourging Angel: The Black Death in the British Isles by Benedict Gummer (by Louise Foxcroft, July/August 2009 ): Louise Foxcroft is perplexed by a book that squeezes the life out of the Black Death
Mills and minarets (by Paul Sims, May/June 2009 ): The proving grounds for the government's policy to prevent home-grown Jihad are the industrial towns of the North. Paul Sims investigates
Not with a bang but a simper (by Michael Neumann, May/June 2009 ): Fear, resentment and complacency have undone English liberty, says Michael Neumann
Fault lines (by Francis Beckett, March/April 2009 ): The miners' strike of 1984 changed British politics forever, argues Francis Beckett
Spongers (by Julian Baggini, March/April 2008 ): Why shouldn’t people have to earn the right to be housed? Julian Baggini gets back to basics
From Anger to Apathy: The British Experience Since 1975 by Mark Garnett (by Stephen Howe, September/October 2007 ): Stephen Howe is bored with apathy
Cut the strings (by Carl Honoré, Web Exclusive, January 2009): The rise of pushy helicopter parents is holding children back, says Carl Honoré