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Widow Opens Up About 'Ratty' Dahl

On eve of Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Felicity Dahl grants an exclusive interview

(Newser) - Tears reach Felicity Dahl's eyes as she walks to the work hut of her famous ex-husband, Roald. She's not alone, either: Director Tim Burton burst out crying when he saw it. "People have strong reactions to this house," said the widow of the acerbic scribe who...

Keynes Not a Dirty Word Anymore
Keynes Not a Dirty Word Anymore
opinion
Nov 8, 2008 7:58 PM CST

Keynes Not a Dirty Word Anymore

Ideas of slandered economist could save the world

(Newser) - In his time, John Maynard Keynes was revered as a genius for his belief that humans shouldn’t “think of themselves as victims of impersonal economic laws,” writes Nick Fraser of the Independent. Later, conservatives mocked him and tarnished his name, attaching the word “Keynesian” to “...

Blinded Pilot Lands After Mid-Flight Stroke

Pilot recovering sight, but still in serious condition

(Newser) - An amateur pilot who suffered a stroke and went blind as he flew over North England landed his plane without a scratch, the Independent reports. Jim O’Neill, 65, was initially unable to follow instructions from civilian traffic controllers, but was guided to safety by British military planes. He remains...

Festive Brits Blow Up Palin Effigy
Festive Brits Blow Up
Palin Effigy
Nov 2, 2008 8:20 AM CST

Festive Brits Blow Up Palin Effigy

400-year-old tradition 'roasts' politicians

(Newser) - It was all in good fun, insisted a group of Brits yesterday after they exploded an effigy of Sarah Palin, which was packed with firecrackers. The spectacular send-off was the climax of an annual bonfire celebration in the southern town of Battle, which traditionally blows up an effigy of someone...

Brit Marathoners Stranded in Mountain Storm

Several still missing

(Newser) - Dozens of British marathoners remained unaccounted for after they were hit by torrential rains and raging winds during a race in the rugged terrain of the Lake District yesterday, reports the Telegraph. Pockets of athletes sought shelter in a barn, community center and a school, while mountain rescue workers searched...

Beer-Loving Mare Banned From UK Bar
Beer-Loving
Mare Banned
From UK Bar
Sep 30, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Beer-Loving Mare Banned From UK Bar

Pub owner gets new carpet, puts end to horsin' around

(Newser) - A beer-swigging mare has been kicked to the curb following renovations at her favorite British watering hole, reports the Evening Chronicle. Peggy, a regular at the establishment since following her owner into the pub years ago, has been told to keep her hooves off the new carpeting. “Although she...

Views on the Meltdown From Across the Pond
Views on the Meltdown
From Across the Pond
OPINION
Sep 30, 2008 12:54 PM CDT

Views on the Meltdown From Across the Pond

How Europe, but mostly England sees the crisis

(Newser) - The banking crisis isn’t limited to the US—it’s a cross-continental phenomenon. Here’s what the British press saying about the mood:
  • France and Germany are livid, reports Charles Wyplosz of the Financial Times. There, individualism isn’t seen as a virtue, and free markets are greeted with
...

British PM Adds Obama Clip in Bid to Boost Popularity

Brown faces revolt from within his ruling Labour party

(Newser) - Gordon Brown sought to capture some of Barack Obama’s political celebrity today, the AP reports, with the embattled British prime minister showing a gathering of his Labour Party old footage of the Illinois senator praising him. Brown faces a slumping economy, and elements within Labour would like to see...

Market Crunch Spanks UK Nannies

Unemployed mom and dad cut child care costs

(Newser) - British nannies are lining up for jobs alongside the bankers and financiers who once employed them, Reuters reports. Renowned as the world's best, Britain's nannies are losing work to the credit crunch that has wiped out US investment banks and rippled through London's financial district, threatening thousands of jobs. Problems...

Noodle Chain Rules London Dining Scene

Wagamama tops pricey competitors in new Zagat survey

(Newser) - Wagamama, a chain of inexpensive Japanese-inspired noodle bars, is London’s most popular restaurant in the latest Zagat survey, the Telegraph reports. The low-key chain topped fine-dining establishments such as the Ivy and Gordon Ramsay for the top honor, which also takes price, atmosphere, and overall value into account. Ramsay’...

Dad Saves Toddler Sucked Into Storm Drain

Girl was carried 230 feet through pipe into river swollen with floodwater

(Newser) - Emergency workers are praising the "incredibly quick thinking" of a British man who saved his 3-year-old daughter from drowning yesterday after she was sucked into a storm drain with her dog, the Guardian reports. Royal Air Force sergeant Mark Baxter raced to a river just in time to save...

UK Millionaire Set Fire After Killing Family

Footage shows Foster blocking exits before murder/suicide

(Newser) - Police have found the body of a UK millionaire inside the charred remains of his mansion, the Guardian reports. Authorities now believe Christopher Foster fatally shot his wife and teenage daughter, along with three family horses and four dogs, early on Aug. 26 before setting the house ablaze and turning...

UK Cops Hunt Millionaire Family in Arson Attack

Failed businessman 'not to be trusted,' according to judge

(Newser) - British police have issued an "all-ports" alert for a family whose mansion was mysteriously gutted by arson this week, the Independent reports. The charred remains of  the home are still unsafe to enter and police are unsure if the bodies of Christopher Foster, his wife and their teenage daughter...

Winehouse Back to Rehab
 Winehouse Back to Rehab
Aug 20, 2008 10:35 AM CDT

Winehouse Back to Rehab

After another boozy weekend, singer enters facility near incarcerated husband

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse has checked herself into another rehab clinic, this one just a quick drive from the English countryside prison where husband Blake Fielder-Civil is serving out the remainder of a 27-month sentence, the Sun reports. “If she can get clean and still see Blake it can only be...

Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician
Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician
Jun 24, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

London mayor under investigation for case grabbed in Iraq in '03

(Newser) - London's mayor found out yesterday that he is “the one and only Western politician to be brought to justice for crimes committed in Iraq.” Boris Johnson's misdeed? Taking a cigar case as a souvenir from the smashed villa of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister while on assignment...

Joy Division Rocks, But Enough Already
 Joy Division Rocks,
 But Enough Already 
opinion
Jun 19, 2008 8:01 PM CDT

Joy Division Rocks, But Enough Already

Documentary offers a textbook-style look at the band

(Newser) - Joy Division, writes Nik Mercer for Anthem, “is one of those bands that gains significance exponentially as the years pass.” As testament to their place in pop music consciousness, recent years have seen three films on the band: 24 Hour Party People, focusing on their label and scene;...

Bush Running Out of Time to Catch Bin Laden

President calls on British special forces to help make capture

(Newser) - President Bush has renewed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, enlisting the aid of British special forces to make the capture before he leaves the White House next year, the Times of London reports. Bush's European farewell tour moved today to England, which has participated in renewed raids in northern...

Architects Vie for Best Wobble
Architects Vie for Best Wobble
Jun 7, 2008 5:28 AM CDT

Architects Vie for Best Wobble

Abandoning profession's firm foundations, designers cook up gelatin gems

(Newser) - Don’t accuse them of playing with their food; the finalists in the 2008 London Festival of Architecture’s Jelly Design Contest aren’t fooling around. Using what Americans would call gelatin, “a vast range of architectural motifs and techniques have been used to spectacular effect,” an event...

10 Spots to Vacation in Style
 10 Spots to Vacation in Style 
TRAVEL
Jun 1, 2008 12:41 PM CDT

10 Spots to Vacation in Style

From the Turkish Hamptons to uh, Montauk

(Newser) - What's the modern traveler to do in a world of ever-shrinking borders and ever-fewer spots of true exoticism? Why, simply crib off GQ's list of the classiest spots slightly off the beaten path:
  1. Cesme, Turkey: the Hamptons of Anatolia
  2. Formentera, Spain: No foam parties allowed
  3. Stockholm, Sweden: Land of Viking
...

Stonehenge Reveals Itself: It's a Cemetery

Scientists find remains from 3,000 to 2,500 BC, before the familiar stones went up

(Newser) - Before Stonehenge was Stonehenge, it was a cemetery, the New York Times reports. Around the time the first monumental rocks were installed in 2500 BC, the last of an estimated 240 human burials took place at the English site. Researchers say it was likely the burial ground of a ruling...

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