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Over tourism: The Dark Hedges are dying
“Game of Thrones” made them famous, to their cost | Britain (2023)
Britain doubles down on the life-sciences industry
The government vows to clear hurdles so the sector can flourish. Will it be enough? Official efforts to boost the life sciences sector are welcome,... (2023)
The sports business: Which sport is the best business?
American sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL) are more competitive, lucrative and monopolistic than European ones like the English Premier League| Busine... (2023)
Scottish politics; Scotland has been on a ten-year holiday from reality
Populism can unravel quickly. But its effects are long-lasting. The collapse of this Scottish National Party holds lessons for populists everywhere... (2023)
Labour’s green industrial policy will not cure Britain’s economic ills | The Economist
Trying to fight climate change and raise growth risks doing neither well | Britain (2023)
U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s Activision Bid - The New York Times
The decision barring the takeover of a big video game publisher is a major victory for proponents of regulating tech giants, which have faced obsta... (2023)
How to invigorate Britain’s second-tier cities - Free the North | The Economist
Britain’s Economy: One superstar city does not a successful economy make | Leaders (2022)
The walls are closing in on Clearview AI as data watchdogs get tough | MIT Technology Review
The controversial face recognition company was just fined $10m for scraping UK faces from the web. That might not be the end of it. (2022)
The Competition for High-Skill Immigrants Intensifies - Marginal REVOLUTION
The UK has created a new visa for High Potential Individuals. Under the HPI visa any graduate from a top university as defined by “in the top 50 of... (2022)
Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were stuck in poverty
For much of human history, our ancestors were trapped in an economy in which incomes were determined by the size of the population. The Industrial ... (2022)
Radical Research. Healthy Curiosity | The Economist
How to make the country’s new innovation agency work | Leaders Some lessons on inventing the future in Britain (2022)
10 Types of European Breads With Fascinating Stories
Sure, you know about the baguette, but what about other breads in Europe? Here are 10 European breads to try and the legends that explain their ori... (2021)
How did Europe become the richest part of the world? | Aeon Essays
In a time of great powers and empires, just one region of the world experienced extraordinary economic growth. How? How and why did the modern w... (2021)
Karl Popper on democracy - From the archives: the open society and its enemies revisited
In 1988 The Economist invited the philosopher Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and ma... (2021)
International students contribute £28.8bn to UK economy yearly
International students in the UK contribute £28.8 billion to the country’s coffers annually – an equivalent of every citizen being on average of £3... (2021)
Northern Ireland, born of strife 100 years ago, again erupts in political violence
Brexit has reopened an old battle over Northern Irish identity, leading to clashes in the street. Scores have been injured in the troubled UK terri... (2021)
Sci-hub: UK Police warn students to avoid science website - BBC News
Universities are urged to block a science research website, which police say could put data at risk. The City of London police's Intellectual Pr... (2021)
The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool | WIRED UK
The Investigatory Powers Act, or Snooper’s Charter, was introduced in 2016. Now one of its most contentious surveillance tools is being secretly tr... (2021)
Uber loses gig workers rights challenge in UK Supreme Court – TechCrunch
Uber has lost a long-running employment tribunal challenge in the U.K.’s Supreme Court — with the court dismissing the ride-hailing giant’s appeal ... (2021)
Music and language - Grime and UK drill are exporting multicultural London English | Britain | The Economist
It has helped English rappers create a distinctive sound (2021)
People in Scotland to be asked about reintroducing lynx to the country | New Scientist
Conservationists are taking the first step towards a potential reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to Scotland, with the launch of a year-long stud... (2021)
OneWeb has now raised $1.4B, with $400M from SoftBank and Hughes, to help fund its first satellite fleet
After a troubled year that saw broadband satellite operator OneWeb file for bankruptcy, get rescue finance from the UK government and Bharti, and t... (2021)
London's 7 best running routes
With dozens of green spaces and waterways, including the River Thames, London offers excellent opportunities for running. Here are our favorite rou... (2021)
Financial services - What Brexit will do to the City of London | Britain
The damage will be noticeable but not disastrous (2020)
The Covid-19 vaccine gamble: where bets have been placed and why - World news
Wealthy nations have ordered millions of doses of unproven candidates, but equal access is the key to beating virus (2020)
Why London’s Underground is in better post-pandemic shape than NYC’s subways
In both New York and London, core office districts have been empty for half a year. Both cities face a long, hard slog of recovery. But London has ... (2020)
6 Stops on the Hunt for the Holy Grail
Tracing history’s most elusive holy relic will lead you to these real places. While the Holy Grail is generally thought of as mythology, some b... (2017)
Europe's economy was hit hard too, but jobs didn't disappear like in the U.S. — NPR
Many governments, especially in European countries, are handling unemployment differently, paying companies to keep their workers on the payroll un... (2020)
Grace O'Malley, the Fearless 16th-Century Irish Pirate Queen Who Stood Up to the English
She debated with Queen Elizabeth I, sat at the head of a prosperous pirate empire, and told the English where to go. (2019)
British 5G towers are being set on fire amid coronavirus conspiracy theories
5G cell towers in the UK are being set alight after conspiracy theories started spreading online. Groups on Facebook are spreading false informatio... (2020)
How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film
Russian oligarchs and companies have been investing in London for two decades, encouraged by British politicians of all stripes, but critics say th... (2024)
International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money
Britain is one of the best places in the world to launder dirty money. Our new film tells you why—and asks whether that's likely to change.00:00 - ... (2023)
Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary)
Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)
Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated
The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually h... (2023)
Suez Crisis 1956 (All Parts)
In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud... (2023)
How was England formed?
How was England formed?The existence of England is one that is often taken for granted and looked at far too scarcely. This may be due to the overs... (2023)
Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain and Portugal 1808
In 1808, Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the Fren... (2023)
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh on "The Troubles" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Belfast" writer, director and producer Kenneth Branagh shares his account of how tribalism led to ... (2022)
How Has Brexit Been Going?
It's been more than five years since the UK voted to leave the EU, are they regretting their decision? This video was made possible by our Patreon ... (2022)
Scottish independence: could Britain break up? | The Economist
The union between the nations of the United Kingdom is looking increasingly fragile, thanks to Brexit. If Scotland were to break away from Britain ... (2021)
Why lockdowns are the wrong policy - Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke
That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd. Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiolog... (2020)
Brexit III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The UK could officially leave the European Union next month, which would be a huge change with hugely damaging consequences. Connect with Last Week... (2019)
Brexit proves that breaking up is hard to do (Nov 2018) -- PBS NewsHour
Theresa May's cabinet has approved a deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union on terms for Brexit. But the process of gathering conse... (2018)
Making It | What It Costs To Live in London - Vice News
VICE News Published on Sep 13, 2017 London consistently nabs a top spot on lists ranking the world’s most expensive cities. Along with rent, ho... (2018)
Fatal Flight audiobook: Opening credits (1/14)
engineerguy Published on Jul 31, 2017 Download this audiobook, view the figures in the print version, or read the appendices. Fatal Flight: The ... (2018)
Britain's Giant Airship: R.101
engineerguy Published on Feb 6, 2018 You can learn more about Bill's book Fatal Flight, The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship -- includi... (2018)
Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern | TED-Ed
When we talk about ‘English’, we often think of it as a single language... (2018)
Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale (played in this episode by her distant cous... (2021)
The Battle to Control the Murdoch Media Empire - The New York Times
Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets have helped destabilize democracy on three continents. The power struggle among his children has world-changing cons... (2019)
Right to Roam - Walking across Private Land || 99% Invisible
When 99% Invisible producer Katie Mingle’s father Jim Mingle retired, he began walking —a lot. He’d always been a walker, but with more time, he to... (2018)
How is warfare changing? - The Economist
ANNE MCELVOY, our senior editor, spoke to members of the British and German armies to discuss how they are preparing for urban warfare. She visited... (2018)
1. How the 1990 World Cup Saved English Soccer - Gimlet Media
The story of how one summer, and one World Cup, changed English football forever. (2018)
This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas
This Land Is Our Land has 47 ratings and 11 reviews. Letitia said: A thoughtful and informative argument for the idea that Americans should have th... (2018)