Blogs about United Kingdom
27 blogs about United Kingdom.
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The British Newspaper Archive Blog
Amazing finds and news from over 300 years of historical newspapers.
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Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week This week at The Archive we are delighted that iconic story magazine the People’s Friend has become our friend, as we are joined by the first 59 years of the long-running Scottish title. Before we …
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BusAndTrainUser
Journeys around Britain by bus and train.
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex Thursday 16th January 2025 Today’s blog is dedicated to Adam Trimingham, probably the most superb journalist who’s ever worked in the regional newspaper industry and a truly wonderful, kind, generous and lovely man. Adam sadly …
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Conservative Home
Britain's leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman.
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The UK-Ukraine 100-Year Partnership Agreement must mark the beginning of Britain’s international leadership, not its final accord Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com. Follow him on X/Facebook @LordAshcroft. Sir Keir Starmer has finally visited Kyiv, seven months after …
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East of Elveden
Hidden places, secret histories and unsung geography from the east of England and beyond.
By Laurence Mitchell. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
The Road to Dirē Dawa The road to Dirē Dawa is a long one: an eight-hour drive from Addis Ababa, or so we are told. We left Addis Ababa at dawn, our bus rattling through empty streets shadowed by new-build …
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The Hazel Tree
by Jo Woolf.
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Hi, I'm Heather Burns – Blog
at home in the world.
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Love, privacy, and the politics of intellectual shame Take a very deep breath and watch this while you can.
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The history of Witham, Essex
Some Research by Janet Gyford.
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Manors. Witham (Chipping) and Newland. When I was preparing the Post about the Town Hall, I started to write about manorial records, and their value in local history. But this was breaking up the Town Hall story too much, and …
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Lancashire Past – Lancashire History Website and Blog
Lancashire History Website and Blog.
By Adrian Bowden, R Bowden. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
A History of the Surey Demoniack, Whalley The Surey Demoniack is an intriguing story of alleged demon possession in Lancashire, from the late 1600s. Our knowledge of the events derives from a lengthy pamphlet that narrated a ‘believer’s view’ of demon possession. …
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The Law and Policy Blog
Independent commentary on law and policy from a liberal constitutionalist and critical perspective.
By David Allen Green. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Why the Truss “lettuce before action” is worse than you thought – and it has a worrying implication for free speech 17th January 2025 Before we start, the “lettuce before action” (for “letter before action”) line has been taken from the estimable Paul Magrath, whose weekly legal email is a must-read. I really wish I had …
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Literary Britain – Blog
Travels through the literary landscape: a guide to places of literary interest in the British Isles and beyond.
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The Beatles I was late. The minibus was already at the stop. I did something I very rarely do and broke into a run. I was the last one there. I was shown into a minibus that, …
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Merseyside Pub Guide
The Researcher's Blog.
By Phil Wieland. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Lord Street, Southport For the first survey of the year I headed up to Southport where there are umpteen targets awaiting my attention. I walked northwards along Lord Street, noting and photographing (It'll be dark by the time …
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The New English Landscape
For more than a decade we have documented the changing landscape and coastline of Essex and East Anglia, particularly its estuaries, islands and urban edgelands.
By Jason Orton, Ken Worpole. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
The view from the train Balcony horticulture, 2023 The social and political after-effects of the catastrophe of the First World War included recognising that many who had sacrificed their lives had done so with little if any stake in the …
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POST | Aberdeen's People | Aberdeen's Community | Aberdeen's Culture
A window into our city and it’s community. Not just the weather, the news, but the stories of people from within our communities.
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Discover What's On with POST's Expanded Aberdeen Events Guide Hi there,Happy New Year! We hope you had a chance to unwind over the holidays and recharge for the year ahead. We’ve been busy behind the scenes, and while there was no January newsletter (sorry), …
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Round the Island
Walking round the coast of Mainland Britain.
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474. Dalbeattie to Auchencairn June 2024 This was my longest distance to drive to get to the start of a walk on this trip, as I was staying in Stranraer, so it was a long drive to Auchencairn taking …
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round the rails we go
capturing Britain's railways, one station at a time.
By Scott Willison. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Numbers, Man It's the last day of 2024. Kind of a "meh" year, wasn't it? There were enormous political changes and they don't seem to have really had much effect. It wasn't exciting culturally. Society seems to …
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Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK)
Coastalwalker.co.uk - walking around the British coastline, very SLOWLY.
By Ruth Livingstone. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
519pm Wick to Whaligoe Countless geos, mysterious statues, and a leap of death - quite a day! Continue reading →
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Scarfolk Council
Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum.
By Richard Littler. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Bad Kingdom (1972) In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people - the entire population of the UK, if need …
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Shapers of the 80s
British youth culture at its finest.
By David Johnson. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
2024 ➤ Andy Polaris reminds us of Quincy Jones’s legacy as a titan of 20th-century showbiz ❚ The cross-cultural pioneer Quincy Jones died this week aged 91 in Los Angeles. In tribute, we republish Andy Polaris’s appreciation of his genius when he brought a huge orchestra to London’s O2 arena on …
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Slugger O'Toole
Conversation, politics and stray insights.
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What Was it All For? So, some four hundred and sixty-eight days since the October 7th atrocity, Israel’s security cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal that may at last lead to an end to Israel’s revenge on Gaza. I use …
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A Suffolk Lane
A diary of my life in rural north Suffolk.
By Clare Pooley. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Excuses, Excuses! Dear All; and you are all very dear to me and I have been thinking of you a lot over the past many months. Some of you may have forgotten all about me, some may …