Written and directed by British cinema’s most beloved socialist firebrand Ken Loach and performed with absolute, heart-bleeding sincerity by stand-up Dave Johns and a superb supporting cast, the film pulled no punches in its depiction of poverty in Britain, and the bureaucratic brutality of an...
For the first time, all land would be surveyed by the government, allowing the state to tap this source of national wealth in future: Lloyd George had deliberately raised the standard of what one biographer has called 'class warfare'. 3...
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / January 30, 2024 Britain is aiming to restore an ancient rainforest in Devon. The National Trust plans to plant 100,000 trees across Arlington Court, Exmoor, and Woolacombe and Hartland in the UK to restore temperate rainforests. These rainforests, once widespread, ...
All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), India’s second largest trade union federation after the Indian National Trade Union Congress. The AITUC was formed by the Indian National Congress (the central organ of the independence movement) in 1920 to repres
Bowler is an automotive manufacturer specializing in high-performance off-road vehicles. The company is currently owned by the Jaguar Land Rover group. Bowler is known for its expertise in building rally raid and desert racing vehicles. Located in Belper, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, the company op...
During World War II, Malta was the only Allied land between Gibraltar and Egypt. As an air and naval base, it was able to seriously disrupt the supply lines from Italy to Africa, with Desert Fox Field Marshal Rommel eventually running out of gas during his African campaign. Similarly, it ...
britain would eat and break down cow poo, the native australian beetles wouldn't touch the stuff because they evolved to munch only on dry, fibrous marsupial dung. so the cow poop piled up. by 1960, the cattle had carpeted 500,000 acres...
The Battle of Plassey in 1757, part of the larger Seven Years’ War between Britain and France, was a turning point in the British conquest of India. The East India Company had increasingly solidified its position and was now regarded by native rulers as a serious threat. The nawab (ruler...
So, imagine if all 8,000 species of dung beetle, plus other doo-dining insects, like flies, vanished worldwide, the land would be knee-deep in, you know. Farmland, forest, and desert would all collapse, and floating throughout would be ...
These mysterious historical monuments offer a glimpse into the past of the people who once inhabited the land. 2.) Belize was first occupied by Spain but later became a British colony. It was granted independence from Great Britain in 1981 and remains a member of the Commonwealth nations. 3....