'U' is for... 'United Kingdom' [Episode 112]

Don't be shy, send me a message! What is the UK, Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland... and also the Scottish islands such as the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, and the Orkney Islands? What are those other British islands, like the Channel Islands, The Isle of Wight, and the Isle of Man? That’s what this episode is all about. I refer to the speech given by John of Gaunt in Shakespeare’s Richard II: "This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle, Thi...