England

Digging into the details and data to separate the noise from the news

Why did Queen Elizabeth I, in her famous speech at Tilbury in 1588, use two words with almost identical meanings to describe herself?

A large Scandinavian Viking army landed on the East Anglian coast in 865, giving places names which remain to this day

The paper gave its readers tips on how to celebrate England's patron saint's day. Unfortunately it struggled a bit with the nation's borders

Death of England, one of the cultural highlights of 2024, is coming to streaming. But what’s next for playwright Roy Williams?

The new peer is peddling misinformation about Bridget Phillipson’s plans for education

The next Archbishop of Canterbury has an almost impossible job

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

His appointment as England manager has raised eyebrows in Germany, but he is a world-class coach who x-rays his opponents like no one else

The England football team’s new coach is German - and for some that outweighs his winning record and a real coup by the FA

For secular people, death places the sort of minor inconveniences which, for the most part, irradiate our mundane lives, in a savage sort of proportion

There is no good reason for banning cigarettes outside pubs while allowing them on the pavement next door

The third Death of England play is funny and dazzling.. even watching its audience is a joy

The late Sven-Göran Eriksson faced scepticism and downright xenophobia from the British press but always remained a true gentleman of football

In medieval times a ford over a stream would have been somewhere to play, and this is reflected in their names

Some of England’s waterways are named after the towns they flow through, rather than the other way round – a process known as back-formation

Continental players brought skill and intelligence to an isolationist British game. Could our politicians learn from that?

In the 1970s the three broadcast channels all had regular teleplays and anyone who wanted to write drama seriously was drawn into television

It was a disaster for Johnson, and revealed the complete dysfunction at the heart of his government

This term for house or property might sound like it belongs to one region – but like many others, it’s in use across England

The Angles and the Saxons came to these shores across the North Sea and gave their names to the different areas they settled in

Manchester City have been a constant parade of sensational footballers over the last few years, but none arrived in the same way the Norwegian striker did

Why do we have words that sound the same but are spelt differently? Because, in Old English, they sounded different too

The decision to leave the EU makes it harder for young European footballers to play in the Premier League

After overtaking his goalscoring record, the England captain could follow Jimmy Greaves to the continent

Why Luton Town's chief recruitment officer is the antithesis of state-sponsored moneyball

Ridiculed by Jack Grealish, "playing like Miguel Ángel Almirón" suddenly looks like something to be envied

Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso are on a mission to manage at the top

The Dutchman is just the latest Manchester United manager to struggle to shake off the ghost of Alex Ferguson

Sarina Wiegman, the mastermind of that Euros win, is steeped in a rich coaching tradition