Human Rights, The Secretariat worked with the United Kingdom in 2018 to strengthen member states' involvement with the Uniform Periodic Evaluation (UPR) process of the United Nations. A Memorandum of Understanding to enhance the Commonwealth Office for Small States was signed by the Secretariat and the UK.

The Secretariat helps UK heads of colleges and universities to improve the talents of young staff. It has made available credentials for youth service, including a degree in youth work, and encourages short courses.

The Secretariat has collaborated with the UK to create metrics and instruments to assess the importance of sport and physical activity to sustainable development.

The UK is a member of the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda Clusters for Physical, Digital and Regulatory Connectivity. The Connectivity Agenda offers a forum for countries to share trade and investment best practices and experience, and to pursue domestic reform.

British culture is shaped by the past of the combined nations; its traditionally Christian religious life, its relationship with Europe's cultures, England, Wales and Scotland's customs, and the British Empire's effects. While British society is a separate body, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have various cultures and differing degrees of overlap and distinctiveness.

Especially admired is British literature. In Britain, the novel was invented, and among its most influential literary personalities are playwrights, poets, and writers. Notable contributions to music, cinema, sculpture, architecture and television have also been made by Britain. Notable contributions to music, cinema, sculpture, architecture and television have also been made by Britain. The United Kingdom is also home to the Church of England, the State Church and the Anglican Communion's mother church, the third largest Christian congregation. Britain has some of the oldest universities in the world, has made numerous contributions to philosophy, science and technology, and is the birthplace of many famous scientists and inventions.

Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil painting on canvas by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London, dated back to around 1750. It is one of his most famous works today, but it remained in the sitters' family until 1960 and was very little known until it featured in an Ipswich show in 1927, during which it was frequently requested and celebrated for other exhibits in Britain and abroad by critics for its charm and freshness.

The Hay Wain, originally entitled Landscape: Noon, is a painting completed in 1821 by John Constable that portrays a rural scene between the English counties of Suffolk and Essex on the River Stour. It hangs in London's National Gallery and is considered to be the "Constable's most famous image" and one of the best and most popular English paintings.