May 06 What you need to know about Britain’s election By Larisa Epatko Every five years, Britons elect members of Parliament. But after this year's vote on Thursday, the results of the new government might not be known for days. Continue reading
Feb 23 ‘The Imitation Game’ spurs petition to pardon 49,000 prosecuted gay men By Sarah Corapi “The Imitation Game” has prompted more than just awards and acclaim. In light of the buzz surrounding the movie, a petition to pardon 49,000 men convicted in Britain for being homosexual is picking up momentum. Continue reading
Jan 26 Nearly 500 people in England hospitalized for female genital mutilation in November By Corinne Segal In November, 466 people were treated in English hospitals for the effects of female genital mutilation, according to a recent analysis by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 5:31 Heightened anxiety and vigilance in U.K. after Paris attacks By PBS News Hour For the British people, the proximity of the Paris attacks seems to make the chance of another terror attack in their country more likely. How is the British government addressing the threat? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks to… Continue watching
Dec 02 DNA all but confirms 500-year-old bones are King Richard III’s By Lorna Baldwin A 500-year-old cold case is nearing its conclusion. British scientists have determined with "99.999 percent" accuracy that the remains of King Richard III of England really were lying under a municipal parking lot in the central English city of Leicester. Continue reading
Aug 09 British police raid pub in search of Holy Grail relic By Xander Landen Twelve British police officers raided a pub in the rural England this week, in pursuit of a missing wooden cup that some believe to be The Holy Grail. Continue reading
Jul 25 ‘Giants’ take to the streets of Liverpool, England By Justin Scuiletti The French street theater company Royal de Luxe are marking 100 years since the start of World War I in a larger than life way. Continue reading
Jul 11 A genetic explanation of economic success By Gregory Clark There’s nothing to rule out the possibility that the economically successful of the modern world are actually genetically different from the people who are not successful, economic historian Gregory Clark tells Paul Solman in part four of their never-before published… Continue reading
Jul 10 The key to England’s economic growth: The rich outlived the poor By Gregory Clark England's economic success, beginning with the takeoff of the Industrial Revolution, can be explained by the "survival of the richest," argues economic historian Gregory Clark in the third installment of his never-before published interview with Paul Solman about his 2007… Continue reading
Jul 09 How learning to pass the marshmallow test explains global economic evolution By Gregory Clark Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in England, setting them economically apart from the rest of the world? Contrary to popular economic theory, economic historian Gregory Clark says the existence of market and political institutions had nothing to do with… Continue reading