William Shakespeare’s remains haven’t always been treated with respect. Being one of the most revered writers in existence seems to have turned him into a target for fans craving bits of Shakespeare as mementos. In 1879, such a desecration was reported in the UK’sArgosymagazine. The story...
the band played all of the songs live, saving the second day to mix what they had recorded. The album “Black Sabbath” went on to reach #8 on the UK album charts and when released in the USA, it reached #23 on the Billboard
Of all the topics on this list, politics is the one that seems to have shown the most recent increase in rancor (though not on Listverse – item 6 takes the cake there). In the US we have the Republicans and Democrats, and in many other countries (such as the UK and most of the ...
singles chart and also made the UK Top 5 (despite the BBC’s refusal to promote it). Summer would be named “the first lady of love,” which labelled her with a sexual-oriented, fantasy image that she would struggle to rid herself of. Definitely on the lusty side of the love song ...
Photo credit:ibtimes.co.uk In February 2017, the British Department for Transport reported that smartphone usage is leading to a spike in child road deaths. Child-pedestrian casualty data showed an increase of 6 percent indeaths and serious injuriesbetween July and September 2016, compared to the...
UK’s Scariest Debt Collector (Full Length) In a past life, Shaun Smith was an underworld enforcer (or “mediator,” as he likes to put it) who took gangland violence to a whole new level. After a short prison stint, Smith decided to leave the world of crime behind and become a debt...
Walmart made the sort of headlines PR firms have nightmares about by effectively suspending a womanin the middle of a dangerous pregnancy. Although that’s an extreme example, plenty of other companies still consider pregnancy to be alarmingly close to redundancy. A UK study recently revealed that...
Photo credit:plymouthherald.co.uk In 2016, Jerry Sibley was hired as the caretaker for theHebrewcongregation in Plymouth, England. He set out to clean up some of the overgrown vegetation at The Citadel on Lambhay Hill. Although he began working on a cemetery that ...