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Cape Town's Stunning Beauty And Deep History

Kristofer Eisenla | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Aerial Cable Way, African National Congress, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, Mandela Day, Cape Town, F.W. De Klerk, Nelson Mandela, British, Beaches, Travel News

Whether you visit Cape Town for fun or business, you will not be disappointed in the stunning sights or rich history lesson you get during your visit.

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PHOTOS: 8 Adventures In The Falklands

Rachel Dickinson | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: South America Travel, Falklands, Falkland Islands, Antarctic, South America, Slidepollajax, British, Travel News

This seemingly barren archipelago in the South Atlantic, 300 miles east of the tip of South America, is a cross between Scotland's Outer Hebrides and the rocky interior of Iceland.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Terence Davies on The Deep Blue Sea

Dan Persons | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: The Deep Blue Sea, Repression, Emotion, Simon Russell Beale, Romance, Terence Davies, War, Drama, British, Rachel Weisz, Death, Tom Hiddleston, Terrence Rattigan, Love, Entertainment News

Even if we were in the middle of a romance glut, The Deep Blue Sea would stand out as an intelligent, nuanced, devastating look at the vagaries of the human heart.

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Lessons From 'Downton Abbey': A Jewish American Princess Studies the Dowager Countess

Julie Gerstenblatt | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Television, Jewish-American-Princess, Bbc, Humor, Downton Abbey, Season Finale, Maggie Smith, Comedy, British, Pbs, British Comedy, Britcoms, Masterpiece, TV News

The next time your dad worries about who will take over his condo in Boca once he passes on, ensure him that you've got his back. Promptly fall in love with your cousin and gain an immediate heir to the estate.

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Adam Deacon: Britain's Latest Leading Man (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Chris Hemsworth, Adam Deacon, Director, Grammys, Movie, Awards, Orange Rising Star, Film, Tv, Eddie Redmayne, British, Cinema, Hackney, Tom Hiddleston, Adele, crane.tv, Chris O'Dowd, Baftas, Stephen Fry, Hollywood, Video, Arts News

It was all go in the entertainment industry last night as the BAFTAs took over our TV screens here and the Grammys had the viewing public fixated on t...

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A Pivotal Period in Britain's History

Sir Peter Westmacott | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Prosperity, UK, British Embassy, White House, Economics, Ukinusa, Iron Lady, Amabssador Westmacott, Washington DC, British, Obama, Peter Westmacott, British Economy, USA, The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, World News

Few would deny that Margaret Thatcher brought the United States and United Kingdom closer together. As I begin my tenure as British Ambassador to Washington, I look forward to playing my own small part in keeping that relationship in the best possible repair.

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Say What? You Talking About Me?

David Isenberg | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Memoirs, Iraq, Professionalism, British, Private Security Contractors, Blackwater, Iraq Contractors, World News

In the modern private security contractor industry, some Brits have been quite outspoken in chronicling what they see as their superior professionalism, compared to their American counterparts.

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Rupert Murray's Recently Awarded Documentary: The End of the Line

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: End of the Line, Director, Film, Puma Creative, Filmmaker, British, Rupert Murray, Puma, Extinction, Environment, Sustainability, Sushi, Food, Oceans, Fishing, Bluefin Tuna, Impact, Video, Green News

Rupert Murray's film tells the grim story of the catastrophic decline of global fish stock due to mass overfishing of our oceans and seas over the last 50 years.

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Terence Conran: The Way We Live Now (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Design Museum, Exhibition, Furniture, Lifestyle, Conran, Restaurant, Terence Conran, Deyan Sudjic, Design, crane.tv, Living, Retail, Product, British, Video, Arts News

True visionary Terence Conran's genius comes from his capacity to anticipate people's whims and needs to change the way people live, shop, eat and even educate themselves.

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The Greenest Garden in Washington

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: UK, British Embassy, Nigel Sheinwald, Beekeeping, Washington, Food, Greens, Green Living, Greenhouse, Green, Dc, Fruit, Kitchen Garden, Bees, Garden, White House Kitchen Garden, Ukinusa, Environment, Diplomacy, British, Water, Gardeining, Environmental, Chesapeake Bay, Green News

The British poet Alexander Pope once observed that, "All gardening is landscape-painting." But today's gardeners need to be environmental stewards as well as aesthetes.

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On Air With The Creators Of '360'

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Lynne Ramsay, 360, Movie, Film Festival, Film, London, British, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Video, Arts News

The run away success of the BFI London Film Festival was, without a doubt, We Need to Talk About Kevin. Poignant, highly anticipated and helmed by British legend Lynne Ramsay the film won Best Film and has since been enthralling cinema goers around the country. While We Need to Talk About Kevin may have been the showstopper let's not forget the other films debuting, namely opening night choice 360.

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A Case of Russian Sexpionage in Britain or Simply a Case of a Young Woman Preferring Older High Ranking Officials?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: mi5, Russian, Kgb, Katia-Zatuliveter, Russian Sleeper, Sex Scandal, Sex, British, Ekaterina Zatuliveter, Katia Zatuliveter, Russian Spy, Mike Hancock, World News

Ekaterina "Katia" Zatuliveter insists that she is not a Russian spy operating in the UK. MI5, the British internal intelligence service insists that she was working for Russian intelligence and wants her deported from the UK.

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Art Moscow 2011

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Russia, Christies Auction, Contemporary, Art, Goethe Institute, Artist, Art Moscow, Jeff Cowen, Adrian Notz, Soviet, International, Rafael Reno, British, Ian Goncharov, Carlos Amorales, Video, Arts News

When you hear the word 'Moscow', many things come to mind - contemporary art is unlikely to be one of them. Set to change this is Christina Steinbrech...

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Jonathan Saunders On Taking London Fashion By Storm

Crane.tv | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: London, Fashion Scene, Style, Fashion Designer, crane.tv, Jonathan Saunders, Alexander McQueen, Central Saint Martins, Fashion, SoHo House, Michelle Obama Style, New York, British, Arts News

Recently we had the pleasure of meeting one of British fashion's biggest names: Jonathan Saunders. Crane.tv in collaboration with Soho House, films th...

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Astoria Characters: The Young Man Looking for Love

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Heavy Metal, London, Industrial Rock, Astoria, Punk, Manga, Maki Hirose, Photographer, British, Astoria Characters, Girlfriend, Japan, Digital Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, University of Chicago, New York News

Maki Hirose is full of promise. He just turned 26, but he looks 16. He's so proper that he eats French fries with a fork and cuts melted cheese sandwiches into bite-sized pieces.

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The Man Who Redesigned Britain

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Britain, Anglepoise, Kenneth Grange, Architecture, Design, Hitch Mylius, Kodak, London, British, Classic, Margaret Howell, Art, Commercial, Black Cab, Functionality, Parker, Museum, Product, Modern, Arts News

Kodak cameras, Parker pens, London black cabs - iconic and familiar as they are, is it so surprising that they've all experienced a design overhaul fr...

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An Interview with Naughty But Nice Rob

Jordana Zizmor | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Television, Columnist, Interesting, Reality TV, Rob Shuter, Twitter, Naughty-but-Nice-Rob, Celebrity Gossip, Gossip, Hdnet, Media News, British, Interview, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Reading and watching Rob Shuter is my escape from the doom and gloom of the news. I look forward to his daily "Naughty But Nice" column because he has the best celebrity scoops.

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Mona's Candid Frontman: Believe the Hype

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: UK, Who's the Boss, New Band, Mona, U2, Listen to Your Love, Shoot the Moon, Music, Rock, New Music, British, Brian Eno, Entertainment News

Mona could very well be on their way of becoming that breakthrough rock act we've been wishing, hoping, and praying for.

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Roots and Wings

Emmie Twombly | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Future Leaders, Vital Voices, Oxford University, British, Women News

Vital Voices, Rising Voices Contest Every day, every woman should wake up asking who can I bring with me? Who can I empower? As each woman extends h...

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Study Finds UK Locals Fail To Use Sunscreen, Rely On Clouds For Protection

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: British, Sunscreen, Melanoma, Cancer, United Kingdom, Summer Sun, Travel News

Britons are failing to armor up before going outside to fight that old nemesis, the sun. A study by the North West Cancer Research Fund revealed that ...

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To the Mahatma, From a Stateless Indian

Dinkar Jain | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Corruption, Kapil Sibal, Washington, Bribes, Anna Hazare, Dc, Subcontinent, Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Kiran Bedi, Black Money, Ramdev, Colonialism, Simon Commission, British Raj, Congress, Democracy, Indian Embassy, Anna, Human Rights Violations, Human Rights, Stateless Indian, Binayak Sen, Civil Activism, Protests, British, India, Pranab Mukherjee, Gandhian, Hazare, Chidambram, Kiran, Sibal, Bedi, World News

2nd April, 2011 Dear Mahatma Today I witnessed the Indian team lift the cricket world cup for the first time in my life. I have never felt so proud. ...

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Hell-Raising Artist Rallies Support For Protests Against UK Tuition Hikes

ARTINFO | Posted 05.27.2011

For months, the United Kingdom has been roiled by student protests standing up to the coalition government's attempt to sharply raise annual tuition a...

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British Museum Director Fired & Alleged Of Theft

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Artinfo, Treasure, Imperialism, Scandal, Theft, Plunder, British, British Museum, United Kingdom, Gareth Griffiths, Museums, British Empire, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Art Scandal, Arts News

Gareth Griffiths has been dismissed from his post as director of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum following accusations that he sold off ite...

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The Fabrication of Bahrain's Shiite-Sunni Divide

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sectarianism, Persian Gulf, United Kingdom, Islam, Pakistan, Adliya, Fifth Fleet, Sectarian, Bahrain, Sunni, Baluchi, Iran, Al-Khalifa, Shia, Navy, Saudi Arabia, British, Manama, United States, Shiite, Muslim, World News

The so-called sectarian divide of Bahrain is a manipulative simplification of a far greater divide: that of the colonially-installed government that has no connection with or compassion for the people of Bahrain.

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Retiring

AP | By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Separate Lives, Entertainment, Against-All-Odds, Another Day in Paradise, Retirement, No Jacket Required, Grammys, Genesis, Album of the Year, Music, London, British, Pop Music, Tarzan, In the Air Tonight, Groovy Kind of Love, Phil Collins, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News

LONDON -- British singer and drummer Phil Collins has used his personal website to announce his retirement in a bid to clarify recent speculation over...

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