All over the world, people use the terms England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom interchangeably, even though they all mean different things. Indeed, a fair chunk of actual Britons probably ...

“Great Britain” is England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. With Ireland, these constitute the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. According to some ...

So political Great Britain is slightly larger than geographic Great Britain. But if you get this wrong, you can at least take comfort in knowing you’re not the only one to do so. Even the UK’s ...