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60 British phrases that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 5 days ago"How was the hostel?" "...to report. Just your bog-standard dorm, really." The "boot" of a car is...
Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 4 days agoPresident Joe Biden’s dismal showing at the CNN presidential debate against former President Donald...
Common words and phrases you had no idea originally came from Scotland
Daily Record via Yahoo News UK· 7 days ago...Mail' in this context is derived from the Old Norse word for agreement and was used to describe a...
Bizarre British foods the rest of the world don't understand
LoveFOOD via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFrom the fancy to the frugal, the slightly strange to the stomach-churning, we look at the weirdest...
‘The Imaginary’ Review: What’s a Pretend Friend to Do When His Human Creator Outgrows Him?
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 5 days agoA decade ago, legendary director Hayao Miyazaki retired, sending Studio Ghibli’s team of animators...
Canadian rhapsody – Frank McNally on a party to celebrate Canada Day
The Irish Times· 5 days agoExploring darkest Ranelagh on Thursday evening, Google maps in hand, I was interrupted by a smiling...
Tom Collins: Whatever the general election result, we are hitched to a sinking ship
The Irish News· 1 day ago“Change” is Keir Starmer’s cry. ‘More of the same’ is what we will get. For the past 14 years, the ...
Right on Q – Paul Clements on a capital letter
The Irish Times· 2 days agoOne hundred and fifty years ago the now familiar Qwerty keyboard was patented by the American politician and inventor Christopher Sholes. Effectively a...
Wimbledon was where young pretender Murray became a man
Daily Mail· 1 day agoWe could see what Wimbledon threw at him. We saw how he faced up to that. Murray always gave what...
Viggo Mortensen, With Czech Skills, and Aliens Help Open Karlovy Vary Fest With a Bang
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News UK· 4 days agoViggo Mortenson, as well as jury members Geoffrey Rush and independent film veteran Christine Vachon...