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Ian Hislop: Why Boris Johnson’s ‘vindictive’ government could harm the BBC
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Tagged an Hislop, comparison, editor of Private Eye and star of BBC comedy Have I Got News For You, England, Hislop discusses his concerns about the future of the BBC, is interviewed by William Turvill of Press Gazette in January 2021 (read the full interview here: https://pressgazette.co.uk/ian-hislop...). In this clip, Politics, which he feels is under threat from Boris Johnson's 'vindictive' government.
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Prince Philip has died aged 99 @BBC News live 🔴 BBC
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. A statement from Buckingham … Continue reading
Special Report: How a coronavirus variant tore through an English island and onto the world stage | Reuters
By Andrew MacAskill, Andrew R.C. Marshall ISLE OF SHEPPEY, England (Reuters) – Warm weather brings tourists to the Isle of Sheppey, a flat, marshy island near the mouth of the River Thames. Each summer, they fill Sheppey’s many caravan parks … Continue reading
Old Norse Influence on Northern English
Árni Leifsson and Andrew R (and possibly others) have pointed out that in the word ‘gymbr,’ the /-r/ ending is actually part of the stem! Seems I need to brush up on ON morphology a bit. However, I still don’t … Continue reading
‘Good on her’: how Jackie Weaver became an internet star | Guardian
Handforth residents, a comedian and young political activists helped explosive parish council meeting go viral t was the distraction the nation didn’t know it needed: a poor-quality recording of an online meeting of a Cheshire parish council, called by two … Continue reading
Sue Takes on the Sutton Hoo Helmet | Curator’s Corner S6 E5
The excavations at Sutton Hoo during 1939 were unique for a number reasons. We’re not sure the exact number of reasons (like Irving, maths really isn’t our thing), but there were definitely enough for Netflix to make an original, dramatized … Continue reading
Bad omen? Tower of London raven missing, feared dead | Guardian
Merlina, known as the queen of the Tower of London’s ravens, has not been seen for weeks. Photograph: Tower of London/Twitter Legend says at least six ravens must be kept at the castle or the kingdom will fall One of … Continue reading
Dr Rahul Rao | Churchill Debate| Proposition (5/8)
Thursday 17th May 2018. The Motion: This House Believes Britain Should be Ashamed of Churchill. Dr Rahulo Rao continues the case fore the proposition, as the fifth speaker of eight in the debate. Motion Defeated.
Michael Apted: TV documentary pioneer and film-maker dies aged 79 | BBC News
He is remembered for the 7 Up documentary series which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964. He also directed Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist and the 1999 Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. The original … Continue reading
Tides and Tempests: Photographs from the English Coastline Document the Rhythms of a Tumultuous Sea
“Clearing Fog.” All images © Rachael Talibart To introduce her new body of work, Rachael Talibart writes that “the rhythm of the tides, tethered to the waxing and waning of the moon, shapes our very sense of time.” The U.K.-based photographer … Continue reading
