Tag: British

Haggis. Scotch egg. Sausage roll. Full English breakfast. And why oh why do jellied eels always make the list? Whilst as a Brit I love all these foods (aside from jellied eels), no one would call them gastronomically creative. They are the foods of Britain’s past and the monike...

This is THE best summary of Donald Trump I have ever read. It is a superb summary of what we think in the U.K. This was originally answered on Quora by Nat White but for some reason the response was deleted by Quora, nobody knows why. The response was also covered extensively by many pu...

The British colonisation of India, commencing in the early 17th century, represents one of history’s most transformative eras. This epoch was marked not just by territorial expansion, but also by the imposition of a foreign administrative, economic, and cultural system that profoundly affec...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has raised ‘very strong concerns’ with Chinese Premier Li Qiang after MI5 discovered a few Chinese spies working in British parliament. Sunak was delighted to make everyone’s afternoon at the G20 really awkward by raising the issue over ...

On 19 July 2019 the British Ambassador presented an 18th century masterpiece painting titled ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’ to Dr. Hamed bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Arts Society at his home residence. This gift was a token of goodwill from the UK to the UAE as ...

Two decades and a smidge later You find me at 5ft7 still with a piece of paper Full of unchecked boxes. Caribbean Hyphen British You would think would be most fitting But this country won’t do me the honour of colouring me blue. So, I stay crimson Holding onto bank s...

I had an appointment to meet a British friend, H. This was the first time to saw him because we met at a language exchange app. Firstly we chatted in both Japanese and English, and he advised me a lot since before I left my home country. Additionally, we discovered that I was seeking a job as a s...

I recently took a trip to London and was amazed to find halal food in every corner of the city! Muslims in London have a long history, so it’s no surprise that business owners offer halal meat on their menus. I was so excited seeing this that I made it a point to discover authentic British foo...

If you’re into craft beer, then you know that B.C. has some of the best craft beer options all over the province. In fact, there were over 50 breweries in our province in 2017 with 20 pending approval. Vancouver itself has some great — and award-winning — breweries. In...

There are over 25 companies in BC that build security products; some are headquartered here while others have a local office. Additionally, there is a large number of service providers and consultancies, including managed security service providers (MSSP), incident response (IR) firms, dig...

I have been in Vancouver for 9 years. During this time, I grew fond of the craft brewery scene in metro Vancouver. My list includes breweries in all of metro Vancouver. Here are my 5 favorite breweries (and which is my favorite beer of each one) in metro Vancouver: Parallel 49 Favorite beer: T...

The true kudos up until now go to my Sennheiser PXC 550 wireless headphones. These cans did some great active noise cancelling and worked perfectly to take away the hums and drums. Quieter, crisper, louder. Everyone should own a pair of good headphones. I got out of the airport and decided t...

On 4 July 1879, in the plains of Ulundi in South Africa, some 5,000 British soldiers were fighting 20,000 Zulus. Although outnumbered, the British had far superior weapons. The Zulu shields and spears were no match for the modern British artillery. Despite certain death and technological inferior...

Beginning in 2024, British women will be able to access birth control pills over the counter without a prescription, it was announced by the government on the 16th of November 2023. Going forward, “the pill” can be obtained at a local chemist or pharmacy, known as ‘over the co...

People from all over the world express themselves in different ways and they also have a different set of beliefs. The UK is a unique country as it’s one that believes it doesn’t have much of any sort of racism, or at least it didn’t up until now. But there is a lot of racism and d...

Dominique Samuels is (she wants you to think was) a British black right wing pundit. She is known in the UK for going around the media denying racism exists and for demonizing her fellow black people. In fact, she is a member of the racist Turning Point UK. The Anti-Defamation League has a g...

Life on other planets is an unknown that we have not finished solving. Some belief in it; to others, it seems like sheer madness, and some directly dedicate themselves to investigating aliens and other paranormal phenomena in the galaxy. They are the ufologists, those people who watch the skies...

On the 22nd of August 1985, a Boeing 737 packed with holiday travelers suffered a catastrophic engine failure as it sped down the runway in Manchester, England, prompting the pilots to reject the takeoff. But by the time the plane pulled safely off the runway and rolled to a stop, a massive curtain ...

The fiery crash of the four-engine Vickers Vanguard in a field outside the Belgian town of Aarsele killed 63 people and left investigators with a monstrous mechanical puzzle. Something had ripped apart the Vanguard’s tail section in flight, leaving debris scattered for miles downwind of the cr...

I conducted desk research before starting this project to better understand the British Museum, its business model, its collections, how the app worked, and the behavior of its users. I also performed a product audit on The British Museum App to make sure I understood the problem I was attempting...

Before setting foot in the museum, I had already done an analysis of this app to assess its features and usability. This firsthand knowledge allowed me to approach the British Museum app with an informed perspective, ready to explore its features and compare it to its counterparts. My journey beg...

Introducing my French neighbours to English ‘tea’. History and how the French do it differently, the French ‘Gouter’ In 1997 my husband and I moved to France to a doorless drafty chateau in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. The French Chateaux adventure is an exciti...