Apparently somebody's fondness for Beyoncé recently earned him a personal dressing-down from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Worth it. » 1/21/15 3:50pm 1/21/15 3:50pm

If there's anything that proves definitively that hell is other people, it is surely childrearing. For instance: A couple of parents whose kid skipped out on a classmate's birthday party were recently invoiced £15.95. » 1/19/15 1:40pm 1/19/15 1:40pm

Sir Brian Souter is a Scottish billionaire who made his fortune in buses, as well as an evangelical Christian and a "lay preacher." He's also helping to fund one of the UK's very few crisis pregnancy centers, one that focuses on "repentance" and "forgiveness" following an abortion. That's causing consternation in… » 1/19/15 10:55am 1/19/15 10:55am

Some new numbers suggest that fully 30 percent of Americans are in bed by the time the ball drops on New Year's Eve. Even I'm appalled, and I prefer to ring in the New Year watching broadcast television in my finest loungewear. » 12/30/14 10:00pm 12/30/14 10:00pm

After six days in a coma, a 25-year-old from Birmingham, England woke up speaking fluent French and thinking that he was Matthew McConaughey. You know what I like about horrific traffic accidents, man? You almost stop getting older (because you could die) and you wake up as a famous American actor during peak… » 12/22/14 7:15pm 12/22/14 7:15pm

An activist group in the United Kingdom, Women Against Rape (WAR), is alleging that police in the UK have jailed 109 women in the past five years for making false rape allegations, while at the same time prosecutions against accused rapists have fallen dramatically. WAR says that many of the women convicted of making… » 12/01/14 1:00pm 12/01/14 1:00pm

Tyler Maddick's vision was already ailing, and as a fashion photographer, his vision is key to his art and his profession. Unfortunately, he says his vision in one eye is now unlikely to ever recover because of an alleged hate crime in which he was doused by gasoline. » 9/16/14 9:16pm 9/16/14 9:16pm

The United Kingdom will thank American Apparel to keep their filthy adverts off its genteel shores. The nation's Advertising Standards Authority has banned a couple of schoolgirl-themed ads by the company, claiming they've got the "potential to normalise predatory sexual behaviour." » 9/03/14 2:00pm 9/03/14 2:00pm

In what seems like a bizarro world headline, David Cameron appears to be against civil partnerships for straight people, despite strongly supporting same-sex marriage last year. » 4/27/14 8:55pm 4/27/14 8:55pm

What do Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour Leader Ed Miliband actually have in common? They all think that Britain is ready for a gay or lesbian prime minister... And probably one that is bisexual and/or transgender, too! » 3/14/14 4:25pm 3/14/14 4:25pm

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

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