When James Johnson Sweeney, Director of New York?s Guggenheim Museum first saw William Scott?s paintings in the 1950s, he declared to Scott?s American dealer, Martha Jackson, ?at last Britain has a painter!? For more than fifty years,...Show More Summary
"A force spokesman said 'We have received a number of reports from local members of the public about tweets and Facebook comments that could potentially incite racial hatred and violence." Superintendent Matt Goodridge said: 'Surrey Police will not tolerate language used in a public place, including on social media websites, which causes harassment, alarm or distress.'
EDL supporters decry 'Islamification' of Britain after soldier was killed by two attackers reportedly of Muslim faith.
Mark's column this weekend is on the mulish and all too familiar refusal of the West (in this case, Britain) to grapple with the unyielding fact that barbaric attacks (in this case, the savage murder of Lee Rigby on Wellington Street in Woolwich) are driven by an ideology rooted in Islamic scripture. Show More Summary
MI5 ‘tried to recruit’ Islamist attacker (via AFP) Britain’s intelligence agencies came under fresh scrutiny on Saturday over claims that MI5 tried to recruit one of two Islamists accused of butchering a soldier in London. Abu Nusaybah, who says he is a childhood friend of murder suspect Michael Adebolajo, was arrested by counter-terrorism police shortly… [...]
Britain's spy agency was not only aware of one of the suspects in this week's savage London murder, it tried to recruit him just six months ago, a friend tells the BBC. In an interview, Abu Nusaybah said the MI5 questioned Michael Adebolajo about a trip he made to Kenya...
Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified Britain.
While pregnant teens are being shamed for making bad choices in the US, a new ad campaign in Britain is tackling the other side of the spectrum with an arresting image of a pregnant old woman. The campaign, sponsored by the pregnancy testing company First Response, purports to warn young women that their childbearing years [...]
Britain's Justin Rose was relieved to feel the sun on his back again at the PGA Championship on Saturday and the world number four took advantage with a three-under-par 69.
I’ve already posted about Britain’s Heroin Skateboards upcoming video release on July 1st named “Video Nasty” after some banned British videos. But it’s more than worth posting even more as [...]
Magnitude mb 4.5Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.Date time 2013-05-25 09:44:59.9 UTCLocation 5.38 S ; 151.86 EDepth 57 kmDistances 122 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea / pop: 26,273 / local time: 19:44:59.9 2013-05-25
As the awful events unfolded on the streets of Woolwich on Wednesday, the mobile phone secreted inside the black Islamic robes worn by Anjem Choudary — the self-styled Sheik of East London — soon started ringing.Calling him were producers...Show More Summary
Great Britain has issued its response to Islamic savages beheading a British soldier on a London street in broad daylight 200 yards from the Royal Artillery Barracks: Defence sources said the order had been given that uniform shouldShow More Summary
(John Hinderaker) The brutal murder of an off-duty soldier by two Muslim activists continues to dominate the news in Great Britain. The scene was utterly bizarre: in broad daylight, in a busy section of London, the two Muslims apparently...Show More Summary
At least 1,000 armed police officers have been deployed across Great Britain as a precaution against further violence following a brutal stabbing of a soldier earlier this week and an incident today involving a Pakistani aircraft that required air force escort. On Wednesday, soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death in broad daylight in the [...]
THIS week our correspondents discuss an overdue correction in the markets, the IMF's visit to Britain and a European Union proposal for tax transparency
Oh, you thought I meant the jihadi preachers on the dole? No, I meant people making angry comments about the Woolrich butchers. A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of...
The ambiguity of Western attitudes towards the Islamic Republic of Iran raises many questions about whether it is the goal of the United States, Britain,...
Greenwald refuses to label the beheading in London “terrorism,” calling it just another attempt to stir paranoia against Muslims: [T]he term at this point seems to have no function other than propagandistically and legally legitimizing the violence of western states against Muslims while delegitimizing any and all violence done in return to those states … I […]
Was I alone not surprised by today's verdict at the high court? No. Britain's libel laws are notoriously wide and all-encompassing. You could be forgiven for thinking that elasticity is not entirely accidental, seeing as our courts are places where tremendous sums can be won or lost. Show More Summary