Your Phone Is Ruining Your Sex Life

Remember when cell phones first became popular and people joked about the fact that pretty soon everyone would be answering calls while "in the middle of someone"? (Haha, 10th grade was hilarious!) Well, those jokes have become a reality and a survey conducted by Durex (the brand you trust!) in the UK has produced…
New UK Bill to Let Women Inherit Titles Named After Downton Abbey
Let this serve as the end of the debate over whether life imitates art or art imitates life (it's the former, but you're entitled to your entirely incorrect opinion): a new bill snaking its way through the UK's House of Lords would change a 400-year-old system of agnatic primogeniture and allow baronets to pass their…
Relentless Holiday Consumerism Slowly Turns People into Mannequins
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 28: A man shouts through a mega phone to entice people into a store on Regent Street on December 28, 2013 in London, England. Shoppers across the country are re-emerging to take advantage of the post Christmas sales which had been hit by the recent bad weather, with many shoppers turning to…
Prince Harry's Maybe-Future-Fiancée Is Made Of Mystery and Scrunchies
Cressida Bonas is dating Prince Harry. This ostensibly makes her interesting, or, at least, more interesting than a Normal like you or I, and ostensibly means that now, in anticipation of her possibly marrying Prince Harry at some indeterminate point in the future, there are Facts about her that we must know.…
The U.K.'s New Porn Filters Are Blocking Sex Ed Sites, Too
While America's elected officials have whiled their days away bickering about budgets, the prime minister of the U.K. has had his hands full—with a war on pornography. Unfortunately, some of the country's sex ed, porn addiction and domestic abuse resources are collateral damage.
Noodle Shop's 'Hangover Taxi' Service Is Best Idea In Human History
A London noodle shop has introduced a service it's calling a "hangover taxi" that is everything it sounds like and more. Hurting revelers are picked up from their house and taken to work in a car with a hot bowl of noodles, orange juice, sunglasses, breath mints, and hangover meds. In other news, I am moving to…
For the First Time in 325 Years, a Woman Is Running Lloyd's of London
An exciting moment for a boring industry: The Guardian reports that in January, Inga Beale will take over as CEO of Lloyd's of London. That marks the first time in the insurance market's 325-year history a woman has run the show.
Have a Horrible Christmas With This Insane Issue of That's Life! Mag
According to its website, That's Life! is "Britain's leading real-life magazine." Each issue is packed with "the most inspirational, emotional and incredible reads that will leave you stunned and surprised." And Christmastime is no different: 'Tis the season for adultery, betrayal and murder.
Clickety-Clacking and Other Such Nonsense May Trigger Cat Seizures
According to some new feline research from the UK, your cat may soon have yet another very good reason to flash you that glare of utter contempt. All your sharp, staccato noises — pen clicking, fingernail biting, cutlery dropping, and mouse clicking — may trigger cat seizures, a condition researchers are somehow…
Italian Woman Visiting UK Forcibly Sedated, Given C-Section
A really ugly legal battle is about to get underway in the UK, where an Italian national who came to Britain last July on a work-related trip had her infant forcibly removed by caesarean section after social services determined she suffered a mental breakdown and didn't have the capacity to care for the child.
