She joins Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Fry as the third non-royal to appear on British currency. She's replacing Charles Darwin on the £10 note, and she'll make her debut in 2017.
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The UK drug-fighting non-profit known as Crimestoppers is sending scratch n sniff pot cards to entire neighborhoods — warning the recipient that if they encounter that particular smell, they need call the Beefeaters poste haste figgy pudding! Or, you know, go over with some snacks, and have a cool party. » 3/20/13 1:35pm 3/20/13 1:35pm

Long believed to be a mythical archipelago populated exclusively by penguins and three elderly British wizarding couples who all have tea together on Sundays and exchange potion recipes, the Falkland Islands recently proved that it is a very real and newsworthy place when one of the local papers, Penguin News, took a… » 2/12/12 2:30pm 2/12/12 2:30pm

There's an interesting debate on Twitter at the moment under the hashtag #dontcallmebabe. The question: is it okay to call a woman you don't know a pet name? Can it be brushed off as well-meant affection, or is it a needling way to demean women, one we should be speaking out against? » 2/03/12 3:35pm 2/03/12 3:35pm

Last night, TLC debuted Sorority Girls, a British show about a group of young American women who love the Greek system so much that they head across the pond to open Sigma Gamma, the UK's first sorority. Britain has been on a roll when it comes to reality TV lately (The Virgin Diaries, Desperate Scousewives, My Big… » 2/01/12 4:00pm 2/01/12 4:00pm

When it comes to access to reproductive choice, the U.S. has few advantages over the U.K. Here's a big one: British women are denied the right to have medication abortions at home, forcing them to make two separate clinic visits and possibly experience symptoms in transit. Unfortunately, a judge recently upheld it. » 2/14/11 2:45pm 2/14/11 2:45pm

There could be changes to British Act of Settlement — which would give female Royals equal rights of succession. » 1/19/11 1:19pm 1/19/11 1:19pm

[Hay-On-We, U.K.; June 6. Image via Getty] » 6/07/10 9:10am 6/07/10 9:10am

Enabled by low-cost airlines and social acceptance, the British bachelor party has gone transnational — and appears to be fueling sex trafficking. » 1/14/10 7:00pm 1/14/10 7:00pm

[Bath, U.K.; August 20. Image via Getty] » 8/20/09 10:10am 8/20/09 10:10am

A new documentary gives the women behind Number Ten their due. » 7/08/09 12:20pm 7/08/09 12:20pm