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76The British Weather Is So Changeable It Has Become A National Obsession
What Is The Weather Going To Be Like Tomorrow. Nothing Is more Interesting To Most True Brits Than What The Weather Is Doing. We Are A Nation Obsessed With The Stuff. And Every Year We Get Hammered By The Snow Or The Wrong Leaves.Why Is That?
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63Haunted Britain
Is Britain home to more paranormal activity than any other? I can't claim to know the answer, but we do have a rich heritage of hauntings such as the Enfield Poltergeist among many others. In this article I aim to provide a hub, where you can visit regularly as I add more information.
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86Transhumanism and Eugenics
The fan of futurism, science and technology or humanism does well to note that the term was created to bring eugenics to the modern world following the disaster that the eugenicist faced following world war two.
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76Larry's Take on Gun Control and Violent Crime
All too often, arguments about gun control and violent crime degenerate into tomato-throwing contests. My approach: Let's analyze the various scenarios, and see where that leads us.
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96Working Class life in the 1940’s and 1950´s Britain ~ Train Travel
When I was growing up in the late forties early fifties one of the things that stand out in my memory is the old steam trains, of course they weren’t the old steam trains back then they were just trains. Like most working class people back then we...
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78The Iron Lady (2011)
Based on the real life story of Margaret Thatcher, on how she would go onto become Britain's first female Prime Minister, in spite of living in a male dominated society. However, it's also a touching story about the cost that she had to suffer for attaining such political power over the years.
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75Weird, Odd and Strange British Pub Names
Britain's got thousands of great pubs, but a few are very special, if not unique. Why? It's all in the name - the very odd name!
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75Men of Many Women: Paul McCartney and John F. Kennedy
He was THE ladies man. To some, he still is THE ladies man. He could sing, he could act, and he looked like a puppy with a lazy eye. He had two wonderful, (or maybe one wonderful) marraiges that ended sadly, but has had a pretty good love life, as...
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80Recent British X-Factor Winners and Runners-Up
'The X Factor' is a television talent show, which seeks out singers ~ solo or in bands ~ who could, potentially, be pop stars. It originated in the UK, but there is now an international 'X Factor' franchise. This item looks at the British 'X-Factor' winners and runners-up ~ as well as some of those acts, which are confused with X-Factor winners ~ eg 'Pop Idol' Winners and 'Britain's Got Talent' winners.
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80Global Warming Science And The Wars: Guy Callendar
Guy Callendar lived through the tumults of early and mid-twentieth century England, doing technical and defense work. It's ironic that his innocent hobby led right back into the most polarizing political issue in the United States today. Read the story of the man who brought climate change science into the 20th century!
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