http://www.economist....ar/minewhatyouwishfor "Wolf Minerals, an Australian firm, listed on AIM on November 30th with the intention of raising cash to finance a tungsten mine in Devon. Humphrey...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418 I've never agreed with everything Hitchens said/wrote, but love or hate him, it's surely pretty hard to deny his formidable intellect and remarkable eloquence...
Hello all, This isn't a particularly 'new' story, but I think it's important. I don't know if y'all remember this, but a short while ago when the Occupy London camp was set up, a feature was run in...
Kate Fox, social anthropologist and author of the delightful 'Watching the English' (which I know has its fair share of fans on AB), wrote an article about a week ago on drinking in British culture....
So, the past few weeks have been pretty busy for news - there's at least 3 very big stories that are ongoing (the News International scandal [which admittedly is starting to calm for the moment], the...
Hi everton, A few days ago in News you asked me to summarise an article for you that I mentioned. I didn't get around to it while the topic was up, and I know you frequent the history section so...
Hey all, I don't have a question at all. I just wanted to draw your attention to an interesting article on the Beeb. It relates to the relationship British Muslims have with extremism. Enjoy!...
Hello all I'm starting a question about a particular bugbear of mine, I hope it might interest some of you guys too. I notice in the News section there have been a cluster of stories lately relating...
Don't know how many of you will be aware of this, but there are allegations floating around that Philippa Stroud has claimed gays are posessed by demons, and it's also emerged she's been involved in...
Toward the end of AOG's Grand National thread, I asked a broader question as to why animal rights is the issue that it is - some interesting responses came up and rather than address them in that...
Hello again, I thought of this question as it relates to my post below and is sort of topical what with the coming election, but I figured adding another question would derail it a bit. The site I...
Hello All, Seeing as the Politics forum is usually dead, I thought I'd post this in News. There's an interesting site that anonymously mixes up the policies of all the major parties (plus the...
Hi, I've put this in the games section as well - I'm not really sure where it goes. I've recently bought a couple of games on Steam, and when I attempt to start them they just minimize and won't...
Hi, I'm really not sure if this should be in the tech forum or not. I've recently bought a couple of games on Steam, and when I attempt to start them they just minimize and won't maximize. This has...
Hello all, AOG's recent reference to the 'Broken Britain' view in a recent question made me remember an article in this week's economist. I'm pretty sure it'll only be available for public viewing...
http://www.guardian.c...sed-civil-partnership A straight couple have sought a civil partnership in Islington and have been refused on the grounds that they're just for same-sex couples. They've said...
http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/ Only vaguely news-related but I found it quite funny. My favourites include: WILL YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL GIVE YOUR CHILDREN CANCER? HAVE LESBIANS HAD SEX WITH YOUR...
Out of interest, have recent developments made people feel any different about swine flu? I seem to remember the last time it made an appearance on AB, the overwhelming trend of response was people...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7755641.stm I'm personally quite interested in reading the study itself (I don't have time to read it at the minute, but shall do so later). So my current take on it is...
Remember the 42-Day extension being passed by the Commons back in June? Its upoming vote in the Lords serves as an interesting reminder of how quickly politics can change....