The UK has welcomed the world to some of the biggest and most successful events of recent times.
The2002 Commonwealth Games, held in Manchester, are widely considered to have set new standards in both athletic excellence and organisational expertise.
More than 3,600 athletes from 72 countries co

The British Museum in London is one of the world\'s largest and most important museums of human history and culture. It was established in 1753 and was based largely on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montague House in Bloomsbury, on t

Tate Modern is Britain\'s national museum of international modern art in London and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online, part of Tate. Since the museum\'s opening on 12 May 2000, it has become a very popular destination for Londoners and tourists. Entry to collection displays and some temporar

Museums are where glories in the past are recorded. In Science Museum and Natural History Museum, you can find the secrets of nature and a world that existed before the first human started to walk. In National Railway Museum and National Space Centre, you can find how technology has changed this world and the world beyond thi

Barnet
Barnet is a diverse and vibrant borough with an abundance of green space, shopping and sightseeing opportunities plus excellent transport links with central London.
Croydon
Whether you want shopping, culture, sports or just a hotel break, Croydon has something to suit every pocket.

These restaurants are great if you want to enjoy a meal out with the children, or to celebrate a special occasion in fun surroundings.
They all cater well for younger age groups and offer plenty to keep the kids entertained.
Bank
Located in Holborn, Bank has a full kid\'s menu featuring t

Simpson’s-in-the-Strand
Part of the Savoy Hotel, Simpson\'s is a place for meat and fish lovers, though everyone will appreciate the stunningly ornate interior and air of times gone by – the place has been serving traditional food since 1828.
Porters English Restaurant
This Covent Garden favourite

Looking for an affordable meal, but don’t want to compromise on quality?
London offers excellent value for money as well as a mouth-watering range of cuisines.
For Noodle Slurping
With over 15 branches in London it won’t be hard to find a Wagamama. Slurp your way through a healthy range o

London’s diversity is reflected in the global cuisine available in all parts of the city.
Below are just a few highlights to give you a sense of the city’s truly international flavour
Chinese
Cantonese dim sum is enjoying a massive surge in popularity. Fashionable restaurants such as Hak

When you think about the UK, often the first country to spring to mind is England; with almost 50 million people it makes up over 80% of the UK’s total population.
London? Football? Bridget Jones? Pubs and beer? Does this sum up England for you?
We asked some people living in England what they t

Leo Wood lives in Welford, Northamptonshire and makes his living as a self-employed thatcher. He didn\'t plan a life working with this traditional craft.
"From school I intended to follow in my father\'s footsteps as a chemical engineer but preferred working outdoors. I was helping a friend whose farmer fa

Loosely speaking, thatching is the use of straw or grasses as a building material. Using thatch for roofing goes back as far as the Bronze Age in Britain. At Shearplace Hall in Dorset there are remains of a round hut that shows signs of thatching.
Thatched cottages and farm buildings were the norm in rural Brit

The term Merry England, or in more jocular, archaizing spelling Merrie England, refers to a idealized, idyllic, and pastoral way of life that the inhabitants of England allegedly enjoyed at some poorly-defined point between the Middle Ages and the onset of the Industrial Revolution. It is a utopian and not completely consiste

下午茶被认为是起源于一个名为安娜的贝德福七世女公爵。在1800年，她开始有在下午举行茶会用来填补午餐和晚餐之间的空隙的想法，因为当时的上流社会直到晚上八点才开始使用晚餐。当时这种时尚的习惯迅速发展为一种工薪阶级的高级茶会，茶会上的餐点之后也演变成了人们一天中最重要的食物。
Tea Clippers. In the early 1800\'s ships carrying tea from the Far East to Britain could take over a year to bring home their precious cargo. When the East India Compa

Tea, that most quintessential of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid 17th century that the beverage first appeared in England.
The use of tea spread slowly from its Asian homeland,