British oral histories document rural life in late 19th/early 20th cen

The British Library has posted a collection of 250 sound recordings made by oral historian George Ewart Evans, "between 1956 and 1977, many in Suffolk, with a smaller number in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. The recordings document rural life and agricultural work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, folk beliefs about animals, medicine and witchcraft, folk and popular songs."

British oral histories document rural life in late 19th/early 20th cen

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British Mall Owner Rejects Aid From U.S. Shareholder

The proposal would have provided financing for Capital Shopping Centers’ takeover of the Trafford Centre mall in Manchester.

British Mall Owner Rejects Aid From U.S. Shareholder

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British schoolboy's amazing speech on social justice

In this video, a fifteen-year-old British student (I think the announcer calls him "Berkeley," but it could be "Rodney" or something else) gives and rousing, articulate call-to-arms for social justice, solidarity, and social justice. This young man is one of the best speakers I've heard, and I salute his passion and his integrity:

They can't stop us demonstrating, they can't stop us fighting back, and how ever much they try to imprison us in the streets of London, those are our streets. We will always be there to demonstrate, we will always be there to fight... We are no longer that generation that doesn't care, we are no longer that generation to sit back and take whatever they give us. We are now the generation at the heart of the fight back.

British schoolboy's amazing speech on social justice

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British Newspaper Finds Readers Flocking Online

Mail Online, the Web site of The Daily Mail, has been the most prominent example of the free approach in the hypercompetitive British newspaper market.

British Newspaper Finds Readers Flocking Online

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"Global diplomatic crisis" sparked by cables: U.N. spied on; Saudis want US to attack Iran; British royalty misbehaves; military incompetence

The Guardian's coverage of the embassy cables is up: it reports that they've already sparked a global diplomatic crisis. Some more juicy revelations:

"Global diplomatic crisis" sparked by cables: U.N. spied on; Saudis want US to attack Iran; British royalty misbehaves; military incompetence

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The Guardian: "Global diplomatic crisis" sparked by cables. U.N. spied on; Saudis want US to attack Iran; British royalty misbehaves; U.S. and U.K. intimate but snarky with each other

The Guardian's coverage of the embassy cables is up: it reports that they've already sparked a global diplomatic crisis. Some more juicy revelations:

The Guardian: "Global diplomatic crisis" sparked by cables. U.N. spied on; Saudis want US to attack Iran; British royalty misbehaves; U.S. and U.K. intimate but snarky with each other

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