Whether you have too many tasks on your plate or you’re dealing with a particularly difficult personality, keeping your cool at work can seem like an insurmountable task. Before you burst into tears over the photocopying machine wondering how you … Read More
If you fancy brushing up on your British etiquette, who better to get a lesson from than time-honoured English gent Stephen Fry? The fine art of queuing, awkward politeness, tutting, light cheering at broken glassware and, of course, the weather, … Read More
During a New Year’s Eve busking session in Leeds, UK, Jonathan Walker was approached by a homeless man who asked if they could jam together. Walker didn’t know whether the man could sing, but he’d seen him on the streets … Read More
LONDON — If you’re lucky enough to get a window seat in a restaurant, it could be down to how you look, a new British documentary has claimed Channel 4’s new documentary Tricks of the Restaurant Trade found that visually … Read More
LONDON — There are some places in Britain that are so confusingly-named that most British people don’t know how to pronounce them right. See also: Barely pronounceable Welsh place names are no match for this weatherman To tie in with … Read More
LONDON — December was the wettest month of any calendar month on record in the UK, according to new statistics released by the Met Office on Tuesday. In addition, December came in as the warmest such month on record, with … Read More
LONDON — There’s something spectacularly blunt about a sweary, hastily scrawled note left on a parked car. You know the ones: balanced on windscreens or tucked under a wiper, they’re the anonymous, all-caps messages left to not-so-politely inform drivers they’ve … Read More
LONDON — The masked man who appears in the latest Islamic State (ISIS) video, directly addressing David Cameron and purportedly showing the killing of five men, is believed to be a British man called Siddhartha Dhar. Although not confirmed by … Read More
LONDON — Move over, Danny Cipriani — there’s a new Welsh rubgy-playing heartthrob in town. And he drove Twitter wild on Monday night. The Undateables — a programme on Channel 4 that follows several people with disabilities as they go … Read More
LONDON — Fat Cat Tuesday, the designation given to the day in which top executives will have made more money than Britain’s average salary for a year, raises many issues for debate and discussion. Is the government doing enough to … Read More