British graffiti artist Banksy has pulled off his boldest stunt with an exhibition in Bristol — a project that remained anonymous and top secret.
A man has been arrested after a worldwide search for a Shakespearean treasure stolen from a university library in Britain 10 years ago.
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/ 21 February 2008
At the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed, Britain’s royals were branded the ”Dracula family” and a former spy chief was made to sweat in the witness box, pledging that assassinations were not part of the ethos of Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
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/ 20 December 2006
In a democracy, a change in political leadership is usually not a foregone conclusion. But in 2007, Britain will make an exception by saying goodbye to the Blair era and installing Gordon Brown as his successor without a vote. The unprecedented situation arises from a promise of a handover of power Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his Labour Party colleague many years ago.
A new novel about a mixed-race teenage girl who trains to become a suicide bomber is flying off the shelves in Britain and is well on its way to becoming a best-seller, press reports said on Wednesday. Checkmate, by award-winning children’s book author Malorie Blackman, was published in June, before the July 7 suicide bomb attacks on London’s transport system.
As Britain looks at a further tightening of anti-terror laws in the wake of the July 7 London attacks, it has been openly suggested that the government would do well to investigate the failure or success of integrating Muslims into British society. Britain has a 1,5-million-strong Muslim community.
In May 1962, a little-known band called the Beatles were playing in Hamburg’s Star Club when they received a telegraph from their manager Brian Epstein in London: ”Congratulations, boys, EMI requests recording session. Please, rehearse new material”.