Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults ~health Article 578 words 9 votes
How hedges became the unofficial emblem of Great Britain: The ubiquitous boxy bushes have defined the British landscape since the Bronze Age ~humanities.history Article 1500 words 11 votes
Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (1980) ~music pop.synth Video 3:19, published Feb 21 2014 8 votes
Sheet music sales soar 25% as UK turns to piano practice during Covid lockdown ~music Article 410 words, published Oct 9 2020 8 votes
IKEA is to buy back its unwanted furniture from customers to resell as secondhand, as part of the Swedish group's efforts to become more environmentally friendly ~enviro sustainability Article 374 words 10 votes
Graham Linehan says he won’t work with Channel 4 again unless transphobic IT Crowd episode is reinstated ~tv Article 403 words 18 votes
Twenty-five years of His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman on the journey of a lifetime ~books Article 2503 words 14 votes
Cambridge Analytica did not misuse data in EU referendum, says UK watchdog ~tech Article 459 words 5 votes
The badly thought-out use of Microsoft's Excel software was the reason nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported in England ~tech microsoft.excel Article 634 words 28 votes
13MW GE-built Haliade-X turbines confirmed for the world's largest wind farms off the UK coast—the 3.6GW Dogger Bank project ~enviro energy.renewable Article 915 words, published Sep 22 2020 6 votes
Planning is GREAT: Britain was supposed to be the most prepared country in the world. Then an unexpected enemy arrived ~health Article 4436 words 6 votes
Cineworld to close all Regal Cinemas, UK venues in response to ‘No Time to Die’ delay ~movies Article 659 words 14 votes
Napalm Death - Backlash Just Because (2020) ~music metal.death Video 2:57, published Jul 24 2020 5 votes
Two Vikings from the same family are to be 'reunited' – DNA evidence has linked the skeleton from Oxford with another skeleton excavated in Denmark ~humanities.history Article 7 votes
Nokia has clinched a deal with Britain's biggest mobile operator BT to supply 5G radio equipment – coming months after UK said it would ban Huawei from 5G networks ~tech Article 281 words 7 votes
British plugs are better than all other plugs, and here's why ~engineering Video 4:26, published Jul 7 2014 17 votes
The Big Moon - Your Light (2020) ~music pop.indie pop.dream Video 5:08, published Sep 10 2019 3 votes
Half Man Half Biscuit - A Country Practice (1998) ~music pop Video 6:35, published Jan 18 2018 3 votes
A battle of lies: Fake news in the Grear War ~humanities.history Video 27:02, published Aug 12 2018 6 votes
The scandalous decision to pickle Admiral Horatio Nelson in brandy ~humanities.history Article 1862 words, published Feb 19 2016 11 votes
Arsenal sign goalkeeper Alex Rúnarsson from Dijon on four-year deal – Iceland international expected to deputise for first-choice goalkeeper Bernd Leno ~sports.football Link 6 votes
How the QAnon conspiracy is growing in the UK and spilling over into anti-vaccine and 5G protests ~life Article 3278 words 13 votes
Is the University of Edinburgh right to rename its David Hume Tower? ~humanities philosophy education.higher Article 1106 words 9 votes
Analysis of UK charity websites finds that tracking is prevalent, with almost all of the most popular charities including trackers for advertising or data brokers and failing to comply with GDPR/PECR ~tech privacy Article 5985 words 8 votes
Amazon deletes 20,000 product reviews written by seven of its top ten UK reviewers after a Financial Times investigation found they were written for profit ~tech amazon Article 1119 words 18 votes
Black troops were welcome in Britain, but Jim Crow wasn’t: The race riot of one night in June 1943 ~humanities.history Article 1196 words, published Jun 22 2018 15 votes
Goodbye to the ‘Pret economy’ and good luck to whatever replaces it ~finance Article 791 words 11 votes
Pure Reason Revolution — The Twyncyn / Trembling Willows (2006) ~music rock Video 7:17, published Feb 21 2015 5 votes
Postcards from St Kilda arrive ten years later after washing up in Norway – archaeologist Ian McHardy built a waterproof replica of the mail boats a decade ago ~humanities.history Article 688 words 5 votes
Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Karn Evil 9 (1973) ~music rock.progressive Video 29:36, published Oct 1 2012 4 votes
Boris Johnson's new Brexit trade advisor is former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott ~news united kingdom politics australia Article 815 words 10 votes