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A 17th century British tradition has ignited a feud among Hong Kong lawyers. The city’s solicitors want the right to don judicial wigs — those handcrafted horsehair headpieces worn by barristers when representing clients in higher courts. The solicitors’ request [...]
James McCormick’s bomb detectors can’t detect anything, yet he managed to dupe police forces and governments worldwide into buying them. The 57-year-old British man raked in more than $75 million from the devices — modified golf-ball finders worth less than [...]
On April 17, Britain will honor Margaret Thatcher with full military honors, in a ceremonial funeral service attended by the Queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. But within hours of the news that the former Prime Minister had [...]
Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, died at 87 on Apr. 8. Whether you agreed with her politics or not, you’ll get a kick out of these lesser-known facts about the Iron Lady. True story: Margaret Thatcher [...]
Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at 87, was a hard-charging, outspoken leader who spent 11 years as Britain’s Prime Minister, serving in the post longer than any other figure of the 20th century. The conservative politician proved a divisive but [...]
The British class system is something like a many-headed hydra: cut off one head, and two will grow in its place. According to a wide-ranging study conducted by the BBC, the three traditional classes — working, middle and upper — [...]
One of Benito Mussolini’s secret bunkers, discovered in Rome’s central Palazzo Venezia, will be opened to the public this fall, reports La Stampa. City superintendent Anna Imponente and architect Carlo Serafini originally unearthed the bunker in early 2011 when engineers were [...]
Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Please Please Me, the debut album of the world’s greatest rock n’ roll band, The Beatles. With a half-century of… READ ON
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Police in England are distributing “scratch and sniff” cards to help members of the public detect the telltale aroma of illicit cannabis farms. The cards, which replicate the distinct smell of growing marijuana, will be mailed to homes in 13 [...]
In an effort to curb extravagant spending Britain is dipping into its extensive cellars to sell off a few cases of rare and well-aged wines priced at an average of $7,500 per bottle, Reuters reports. The move, touted as a [...]
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