Pope to visit Britain 2010
2009-09-24 01:06:00 Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain next year following an invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a government source said on Wednesday. It would appear that the visit will be a State Visit and not simply a "pastoral visit" as Pope John Paul II conducted many years ago. One hopes that there will be official confirmation of this soon: as well as an idea of his itinerary.
Recession Britain and the fiscal squeeze
2009-09-18 13:51:00 This week has seen some rather bizarre coverage of the latest turns in the global financial crisis, but what do academics have to say about where we go next? While those inside the Westminster Village got quite excited about Gordon brown using the C word – cuts – two new reports attempt to get to grips ...
Who really runs Britain?
2009-08-29 19:57:00 Who runs Britain? The UK parliament? The Queen? Both in partnership? Or some old bald-headed freak cackling away in a bank vault in London or Edinburgh?Funny story. Turns out that a company named Serco, headed by a South African fellow, actually runs the UK, its railways, and quite a bit more besides.Oh what this blogging gnat would give for one particular name of the a*s who runs America. He'd have a lot of 'splainin' to do, wouldn't he?
More Rail Electrification for Britain
2009-07-23 11:15:00 The government just has announced plans to electrify part of the rail routes heading to the west of London out as far as Swansea. The task will involve substantial civil works to tunnels and bridges, electrical works to install the overhead cable, and the ordering of new trains. Link.
Britain's Oldest Working Television Set?
2009-07-21 12:08:00 What's thought to be Britain's oldest working television, a 1936 Marconiphone, has been uncovered in a house in North London. It currently presents modern digital broadcasts on Freeview! Link.
Steve Vai, Phil Hilborne: maiden in britain
2009-07-17 23:16:00 Phil Hilborne, Nicko McBrain, & Friends - London Guitar Show, June 2009 - Excel/Docklands, Steve Vai, Andy Frost, Peter Eldridge, LIMS, "The Trooper " LIMS 2009 - Saturday 13th June "Run To The Hills" - LIMS 2009 - Sunday 14th June This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Britain Planning Four 'Eco-Towns'
2009-07-17 15:13:00 From The Globe and Mail - Technology RSS feed: Britain gave the green light on Thursday to four new towns that will provide 10,000 homes built to strict environmental standards by 2016. The four sites chosen, all in southern or eastern England, are: Whitehill-Borden in Hampshire
Painter and writer Fleur Cowles dies in Britain
(AP)
2009-06-08 21:58:00 AP - Fleur Cowles, a painter, writer and founder of short-lived but legendary magazine "Flair," has died.
In Britain, a desperate Brown hangs on
2009-06-07 20:07:00 In Britain, a desperate Brown hangs on LONDON - Two years ago, Gordon Brown entered 10 Downing Street for the first time as prime minister and promised, without a smile, to “try my utmost.” The brainy, stone-faced Scot was the perfect tonic for a British public jaded after a decade of his flashy predecessor, Tony Blair. ...
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Susan Boyle no gana, queda en segundo lugar en final del Britain?s Got Tale
2009-05-30 23:22:00 Susan Boyle en la final de ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ era la gran favorita, incluso William Hill, una casa de apuestas se jugó un 10 contra 11 por su victoria. Con un precioso traje largo, una voz maravillosa, su sencillez y belleza de alma y espítitu la acompañó bajo toda suerte de presiones, hasta se ...
Susan Boyle?s Final Performance ?I Dreamed A Dream? On Britain?s Got Talent
2009-05-30 23:08:00 Internet sensation Susan Boyle returned to the ?Britain?s Got Talent? stage for her final performance on Saturday (May 20). Susan, who was a bit nervous and almost quit the competition this week, sang the song that made her famous ?I Dreamed a Dream? from Les Miserables. The song choice wasn?t exactly original but I think Susan ...
Susan Boyle Sings ?Memory?. Worldwide Audience Not Likely To Forget (See Vi
2009-05-25 14:13:00 All of us have so much to learn from the Susan Boyle phenomenon – one which goes far beyond her wonderful voice. It is a topic not about how to sing – but rather about not judging people by their appearance, and in taking her example of courage in the face of social forces that ...
Susan Boyle ?Memories? On Britain?s Got Talent (May 24, Video)
2009-05-25 13:08:00 YouTube sensation Susan Boyle went back to ?Britain?s Got Talent? stage for the second time to perform ?Memories? (or “Memory“) from the musical Cats. The 47 year-old was a bit nervous at the beginning of the song but she didn?t fail to wow us again with her voice and talent. A brand new Susan got amazing ...
Greg Pritchard: Britain?s Got Talent Performance (Video)
2009-05-14 19:11:00 Okay, so I know this isn’t American Idol, but it has Simon Cowell in it. By now, we’ve probably all seen the amazing Susan Boyle video, but I think my jaw dropped even lower watching this guy, Greg Pritchard! Greg is a waiter with dreams of becoming a professional singer. So, he ... Related posts:American Idol 3-10-09 Top 13 Performance PreviewJason Castro Hallelujah Video 3-4-08 American IdolSanjaya Ditches his Biggest Talent: His Hair!
Spitfires and Super-Fuel: How the U.S. Helped Win the Battle of Britain
2009-05-14 13:58:00 I've put this in my "ya-So?" file. It took the collaboration of all the allies to win the war. (Radar, (British invention), helped win the war in the Pacific, after all). - The United States should be credited with helping Spitfire and Hurricane pilots to win the Battle of Britain because its e
Shaheen Jafargholi Is Susan Boyle?s Competion On ?Britain?s Got Talent? (Vi
2009-04-20 23:39:00 YouTube Sensation Susan Boyle?s got competition on Britain?s Got Talent!! Shaheen Jafargholi, who is just 12 years old, started with a version of ?Valerie? from the Zutons and recently covered by Amy Winehouse that didn?t please Sir Simon Cowell. Simon halted Shaheen?s performance to ask him if he didn?t have anything else to sing. The Welsh ...
Britain?s Got Talent Susan Boyle Sings On CBS? Early Show (Videos)
2009-04-16 20:45:00 “Britain’s Got Talent” contestant Susan Boyle blew away the judges and the rest of the world. Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez spoke with Boyle about her fame on CBS? ?Early Show? and the star gives us another taste of ?I Dreamed a Dream? right from her home in Blackburn, Scotland. Patti LuPone, who originally sang ...
?Britain?s Got Talent? Susan Boyle WOWs Audience (Video)
2009-04-15 18:04:00 In ?Britain?s Got Talent? a 47 year-old housewife, Susan Boyle, completely wowed the crowd and the world with an astonishing emotional performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” by Les Miserables. When Susan came out everyone was pretty much making fun of her and her appearance and then she started singing and taught us a great lesson: ...
Britain’s Got Talent has talent!
2009-04-13 07:45:00 I love Britain’s Got Talent’s Fabia Cerra and I so wish we had people like her on America’s Got Talent! She better win the whole thing because I haven’t seen Simon Cowell make those faces since that infamous Fantasia performance!!! Way to go Fabia!!! BTW if you want to see what she looked like without the ...
BTWF roles: Tim Roth in Made in Britain
2009-04-12 19:44:00 Before Tim Roth was putting criminals behind bars in Lie to Me, he was behind bars himself in The UK show Made in Britain. How different does the 20 year old look with a shaved head back in 1982. Actually his distinctive features give him away. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fseriouslyomg.com%-2F%3Fp%3D10770'; addthis_title ...
BTWF roles: Tim Roth in Made in Britain
2009-04-08 23:44:00 Before Tim Roth was putting criminals behind bars in Lie to Me, he was behind bars himself in The UK show Made in Britain. How different does the 20 year old look with a shaved head back in 1982. Actually his distinctive features give him away.
Saudi Power/Influence in the United KIngdom -- Her Majesty's Britain
2009-03-31 23:28:00 Saudi Arabia has the power/influence not only to have American newspapers --that like to see themselves as "talking truth to power"-- bend over backwards to justify Saudi massacres of civilians but they have power/influence in the UK --Britain-- too. David Pryce-Jones reports several cases, one of which we have reported on Emet m'Tsiyon. In Britain Saudi demands have perverted the normal system of criminal investigation and caused injustice against British citizens oppressed ["mistreated"] by the Saudi kingdom. The situation is outrageous but it seems that there is not enough outrage to correct it.Here is our previous post on Saudi-demanded perversion of political and journalistic decency in the United States. What does it mean that the press and universities and judicial systems in supposedly democratic countries pervert their own conduct in order to please the superrich bigots who represent Wahhabi Islam?Many of Israel's enemies in America try to have things both ways. On one ...
By: Emet m\'Tsiyon
Islamification of Britain
2009-03-20 16:49:00 Labour Party MP Shahid Malik has predicted the total Islamification of Britain and a Muslim prime minister, ?Allah willing?, within the next thirty years. The remarks were made at the October 2008 ?Global Peace and Unity? conference held at the Excel London centre, but were deliberately withheld from the video coverage released of that event. The video speech in which Mr Malik made his remarks has now been released on the internet?nearly five months after the event. The suppression of the video was clearly designed to try and limit the damage to the ruling Tory and Labour elite, whose immigration policies have led to the situation where a Muslim cabinet minister can confidently predict the total Islamification of this nation. In his speech, Mr Malik said that he was ?proud of the achievements of the Muslims of this country since 1997.? Referring to Muslim members of the British parliament, himself included, Mr Malik went on to say that: ?In 1997 we got our first Muslim MP. In 2001 w...
By: Christian Quoter
Collectivistic Russia and Individualistic Great Britain
2009-03-07 09:00:00 Individualism-Collectivism interrelates with aspects of immediacy and the use of space. Individualism is characteristic of those from the UK. British emphasize the importance of individuality and privacy; they have been used to having more ?personal space?. They display a relatively reserved behavior and value individual autonomy. Collectivistic cultures, such as Russia, are interdependent and as ...
Blake is Leaving Britain
2009-03-03 22:38:00 It seems that everyone has been so busy blaming Blake Fielder-Civil for Amy Winehouse’s drug use that nobody has asked why Blake is addicted to drugs or proposed that the reason might be Amy. Apparently, nobody has seen all of the hard work he’s been doing in getting clean. I guess we’ve been too busy talking about all that ...
The House of Lords Speech: What Wilders Would Have Said If Britain Allowed
2009-02-24 20:48:00 From the International Free Press Society website:Below is the text of the address that Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders was invited to deliver at the House of Lords on Thursday, February 12, 2009. Instead of making this address and showing his film Fitna, he was detained by UK immigration officials on his arrival at London Heathrow airport and sent back to the Netherlands as a risk to ?public security.? Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you Lord Pearson and Lady Cox for showing Fitna [see it here], and for your gracious invitation. While others look away, you seem to understand the true tradition of your country, and a flag that still stands for freedom. This is no ordinary place. This is not just one of England?s tourist attractions. This is a sacred place. This is the mother of all Parliaments, and I am deeply humbled to speak before you.The Houses of Parliament is where Winston Churchill stood firm, and warned ? all throughout the 19...
By: Christian Quoter
Relationships in Great Britain
2009-02-20 09:00:00 Here we attempt to describe love relationships in Great Britain. What are men?s and women?s roles in a relationship, what are their beliefs about money and their styles of communication? Over the last half century, women?s and men?s gender roles in Great Britain have changed significantly in a number of aspects. This is particularly so in ...
The Rotten State of Britain
2009-02-17 21:25:00 The Rotten State of Britain by Eammon Butler The blunt title is not just an attention getter for this book, but a statement of fact. Butler truly describes how bad things have gotten in the UK under current Labour government led by Gordon Brown. While many of the problems began under Blair he explains how they have ...
Anti-Semitism in Britain reaches serious level
2009-02-09 20:51:00 The Observer reports that anti-Semitism has reached new levels of horror: Police patrols have been stepped up in Jewish neighbourhoods following the most intense period of antisemitic incidents to have been recorded in Britain in decades. Safety fears are so acute that reports have emerged of members of Britain's Jewish community fleeing the UK with antisemitic incidents running at around seven
By: Tel-Chai Nation
Darwin, Britain's Hero, Is Still Controversial In U.S.
2009-02-09 17:43:00 From NPR Topics: Health & Science: Science long ago proclaimed Darwin's theory of evolution a winner. And in honor of his 200th birthday, England is issuing commemorative stamps, coins — even quilts — in honor of its hero. But in parts of the U.S., Darwin's theories re
Online marketing in Digital Britain
2009-02-02 09:46:00 Last week, the UK media was full of Lord Carter’s interim report Digital Britain ? the result of an enquiry into how best the country can boost its digital and communications sectors. The report is lengthy and covers a wide variety of topics, from the development of broadband and its required infrastructure, to digital radio and ... Related posts:Web marketing budgets rising rapidlyOnline advertising best for brand awareness5 reasons to invest in online marketing during a slump
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Online marketing in Digital Britain
2009-02-02 09:46:00 Last week, the UK media was full of Lord Carter’s interim report Digital Britain ? the result of an enquiry into how best the country can boost its digital and communications sectors. The report is lengthy and covers a wide variety of topics, from the development of broadband and its required infrastructure, to digital radio and ... Related posts:Web marketing budgets rising rapidlyOnline advertising best for brand awareness5 reasons to invest in online marketing during a slump
By: SEO Blog
bankrupting Britain
2009-01-25 21:24:00 Sunday 25: Am I a conspiracy theorist? I frequently feel that this bankrupting of Britain (or is it just England and Wales?) seems to be part of some bigger plan. It would be easier to make us an outpost of the European Empire if we were just some struggling, albeit bolshy, province. An island province ...
Bunker Bulletins: Captain Britain and MI13 #9
2009-01-18 15:00:00 Creative Team Writer: Paul Cornell Pencils: Leonard Kirk and Mike Collins Inks: Jay Leisten and Cam Smith Art Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10 Story Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10 Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10 "Hell Comes to Birmingham" ends with a bang. The only letdown was in the art department. At times it seemed rushed. I guess that was why Mike Collins and Cam Smith were brought in. The art was above average but not up to the standard set in the previous issues. The team comes together to battle Plotka. Plotka is a duke of Hell. Plotka gains the energy he needs to create the Mindless Ones (first seen in the Lee/Ditko Dr. Strange stories) by trapping people in the Dream Corridor. If you willing agree to stay there, Plotka will bring your fantasy to life. Captain Midlands is bought by the memory of his dead wife. He brings our heroes to Plotka in exchange for eternity with the fantasy of his wife being alive. Plotka almost gets Captain Britain by ...
Energy-guzzling TV's to be phased out by Britain...
2009-01-15 09:24:00 In a move which is aimed towards fighting global warming, Britain is set to phase out energy-guzzling flat screen plasma televisions, reports the Independent. Minimum energy performance standards are expected to be set to keep in check the energy consumption by TVs across Europe and inefficient ones will be phased out. This move comes a week after the withdrawal of 100W incandescent bulb and is a welcome move as per climate change experts.Flat screen plasma TVs consume four times as much energy as any other normal television set run on cathode ray tubes and hence this move would go a long way in saving valuable energy, especially as the use of such wasteful devices has been increasing. Labeling could be introduce which would help in identifying useful and wasteful gadgets. Kudos to Britain for taking this step... there's a lot to be done though.
Smitten by Britain
2009-01-06 07:05:00 Blog of the Day Awards for Monday January 5, 2009A Blog of the Day Award goes to Smitten by BritainStories and photos of Britain and of London, her puppy and the city.Technorati TagsBlog Award Blog Awards winner Bloggers Blogs Awards Blogging Bloggies Weblogs Weblog Award of the day Award web online nominations Internet Blog of the Day Awards Blog of the Day Award Blog of the Day BOTDA winners Weblog Award Weblog Awards blogspotBe sure to submit your nominations early.Thank you,Bill Austin
Britain?s Conservatives are bereft of a credible economic alternative.
2009-01-03 11:42:00 The economic ideology that has failed is a Conservative ideology. It was once called Reagonomics or Thatcherism and it was adopted, not lock stock and barrel but substantially, by Blair/Brown. However at the Tory Party conference in 2007 David Cameron and George Osborne hammered Brown for his economic emphasis saying that it was too Stalinist ...
Anti-Jewish Racist UK Continues Its War against the Human Rights of Jews
2008-12-21 14:55:00 Racist UK continues war against the human rights of JewsThe United Kingdom, often called Great Britain, accepted a mandate, a trust, from the League of Nations on behalf of the Jewish people to foster development of the Jewish National Home in the Land of Israel. This meant fostering "close settlement" on the land by Jews. As everyone ought to know, the UK violated its mandate, its commitment to the Jewish National Home principle, precisely on the eve of the Holocaust. The Land of Israel --unfortunately labelled "palestine" by the League of Nations-- was recognized as historically Jewish. The League stated: ". . . recognition has thereby been given [by the mandate] to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine" [preamble of the League of Nations mandate, 1922].The worst single violation by the UK of this mandate was the 1939 "White Paper for Palestine" which severely limited Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel precisely when the Jews most needed a home, on t...
By: Emet m\'Tsiyon
Pakistan has rejected Britain?s request to Question Suspects Arrested in co
2008-12-16 23:10:00 Pakistan has rejected Britain?s request to question suspects arrested in connection with last month?s Mumbai attacks. Yesterday TimesOnline.co.uk UK national tabloid reported that Pakistan rejects UK request to question Mumbai terror suspects. In a detailed report newspaper confirmed that Mr.Gordon Brown made the request for interrogation of suspects by UK police with Pakistani Leader?s on Sunday. ...
The West, Especially Britain, More Dangerous to Israel than the Arabs
2008-12-14 13:16:00 The West has a history of nearly 2000 years of vilifying, defaming, and falsely accusing Jews, as well as persecuting them. Christian Judeophobia and anti-Judaism based on religion was joined by "post-Christian" Judeophobia in the writings of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Voltaire, d'Holbach and others. Most of the "post-Christian" Judeophobia actually had roots in the teachings of the Christian reformer, Martin Luther. Be that as it may, Judeophobia in word and practice culminated in the Holocaust. Has this Judeophobia ended? Or has it changed form? Has it just changed its dress? Is today's fashionable "anti-Zionism" just old wine in new bottles?[?????? : ???? ????? ????? ???? ]Next question. What does the West want in the Middle East? Does it want peace between Israel and the Arabs? Does it want peace without Israel, that is, peace of mind for antisemites? Does it want war?If the West wants peace between Israel and the Arabs, then why does it finance the PLO/Palestinian Authority? The E...
By: Emet m\'Tsiyon
A 2,000 Year Old Brain
2008-12-14 04:01:00 Archaeologists have found what they say is the oldest brain ever discovered in Britain, or at least the shriveled remnant of one, in a decapitated skull that dates back more than 2,000 years. Inside the skull, the scientists found “a yellow substance which scans showed to be shrunken, but brain-shaped,” according to a University of York ...
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The church and Britain: a homily for Christ the King Sunday
2008-12-09 01:59:00 A guest-post by Andrew Brower Latz (Ben’s note: Sorry, I’m a couple of weeks behind with this – but I still wanted to post this excellent sermon, which Andrew Brower Latz, an F&T-reader, preached recently for Christ the King Sunday)Today is the feast of Christ the King, or the Reign of Christ, the last Sunday of the Christian year. It was established by the Roman Catholic Church in the 20th century in response to the rise of fascism. It proclaims, in the words of Paul, that Christ is ‘far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named.’ Powerful stuff, but what does it mean for us today, living in a 21st-century liberal democracy?Let me begin with two examples from the media, one recent and one not so recent. The first, on Thursday on Radio 3, was a discussion with Trevor Philips, director of the Commission for Racial Equality; someone towards the left of the political spectrum, who describes himself as progressive and libertarian. ...
Britain Ordered to Destroy its Database of Innocents' DNA
2008-12-05 14:40:00 From Boing Boing: The deplorable British policing practice of storing the DNA of suspects who've been exonerated or never even charged has been found to be illegal by a European court, and now the database must be destroyed. Remember the kid who was going home on the tube in 2005 a
Britain's Best Broadband Deals ("The Gadget Show")
2008-11-11 00:01:00 Tonight's edition of The Gadget Show enables me to give you both a fresh scoop of technologically informative goodness whilst simultaneously getting a whinge off my chest. Yes, it's the notoriously dodgy field of broadband providers tonight, a field I have considerable experience with (hence the whinge) and one which has been briefly de-mystified thanks to the Jon Test segment of the show.Anybody embarking on the goddamn annoyance that is installing broadband will know that even prior to the major ball ache that is physically installing the damn thing (many expletives have been expressed Chez Wilson in regards to routers,) you have to choose the best bloody deal. Of course, price is a prime factor, but there are others variables at hand such as speed and download limit when one is to get oneself connected. In Britain's Best Broadband Deals, the advice to happy shoppers is to visit simplifydigital.co.uk for deal info, and that most users will need no more than 15 ...
By: podflower.com
kleptocratic Britain
2008-10-29 15:27:00 Wednesday 29: (Written last night) The best things about most articles these days are the comments. So thanks to Mr T for the chuckle on a piece about specific cells responding or firing to images of particular celebrities or people in the public eye: ?i bet that no one has a Gordon Brown one.? Haha. Meanwhile, ...
Oldest Toy in Britain
2008-10-24 15:59:00 From Boing Boing: The carved animal figure above may be the oldest child's toy in Britain. Archaeologists from the University of Bristol found it last month near Stonhehnge and think it's at least 2,000 years old. They dug it out of a young child's grave. There is some debate about
Jewel Of Medina On Hold In Britain, US Still Releasing
2008-10-02 20:52:00 Not since Salmon Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses has a literary work caused such turmoil as The Jewel Of Medina. Jewel is a historical novel, a work of ‘faction’ about the Prophet Mohammad’s child bride Aisha. I have not yet read the book, but from the excepts I have seen the part that has our ...
Creationist Britain (would you Adam and Eve it?)
2008-09-19 12:22:00 Click on the title for an article form the Indy which is pretty fair for a liberal rag.
By: Christian Quoter
Barons of Tang @ Great Britain Hotel (GB), 6th September
2008-09-01 14:49:00 [ September 6, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] The great Barons of Tang are at the Great Britain Hotel (447 Church St, Richmond) this Saturday. Unusual spot for a gypsy gig but should be rather nice, actually. Might wander down misself.
By: Trumpet Monkey
Come on Britain, it's only the Olympics
2008-09-01 03:08:00 'If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well, It were done quickly' - Macbeth (Scotsman), William Shakespeare (Englishman)Team GB is getting ridiculous. The prospect of Britain fielding a football team at the 2012 Olympics should have been something to celebrate after years of absence. Instead it is fast becoming an almighty calamity.For years, I watched in envy as other nations played soccer in the Olympics, but it was never a huge loss for us to be left out. Now we have finally been invited to (our own) party, we are umming and erring so much we might not even end up going.There are two immovable obstacles at the heart of the current furor, which shows no signs of abating.One is that the UK is four nations in one and those four nations are the oldest football associations in the world, with privileged seats on FIFA?s International Board but in danger of disappearing if enough FIFA nations choose to dissolve them into a UK team. And second is that the UK has no choice but ...
By: Soccerphile Blog
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