Culture in United Kingdom

A world capital where royal palaces, riverside icons and 300-plus museums crowd both banks of the Thames.

Scotland's dramatic capital, a hilltop castle crowning a warren of medieval closes and Georgian squares.

The gritty birthplace of the industrial age, now a football-mad hub of music, bars and red-brick warehouses.

The Beatles' home port, a maritime city of grand docks, football devotion and Merseyside pride.

The dreaming-spires university town of honey-stone colleges, hushed quadrangles and centuries of scholarship.

A serene university city where students punt along the Cam past willow-draped college backs.

An elegant Georgian spa town built in honey-coloured stone around steaming Roman baths.

A walled medieval city of Viking roots, a soaring minster and the crooked lanes of the Shambles.

Scotland's biggest city, a warm-hearted powerhouse of Victorian grandeur, live music and design.