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Britain

It Goes Ding When There's Stuff

Stu MacKay’s Daleks Are Ready For A UK Invasion

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:32 pm, March 30th, 2013

I stumbled upon the work of Stu MacKay after watching a brief documentary on the people and products of Greenwich Market in the UK. MacKay took the iconic Daleks from Doctor Who, designed by Ray Cusick, and combined them with landmarks and other British iconography. We thought the effect was pretty cool so we reached out to him for these images.

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Consider the Following

Britain Installs New Guidelines For Prosecuting Threatening Comments Made Online, Should The U.S. Follow Suit?

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:56 pm, December 22nd, 2012

Keir Starmer, chief prosecutor for England and Wales, spoke this week about stricter guidelines for harassing and threatening comments online. Is it time for the United States to do the same? 

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Gender Bendery

This Is What A Gender Neutral Toy Store Looks Like (Thanks Harrods)

by Jill Pantozzi | 10:16 am, August 6th, 2012

Harrods Department Store is a British institution that’s just as much a tourist spot as any other historical landmark in London. This past week they made history by opening their first gender-neutral toy department. It was designed by London and Singapore-based interior architects Shed and has been dubbed Toy Kingdom. Everything in Toy Kingdom is grouped by theme, not gender: enchanted forest, miniature toy world, a reading room, a circus area, and a candy store. Take a peek inside and see how easy it would be for other stores to adopt.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Inspector Spacetime Travels Through Space…and Time

by Alanna Bennett | 5:30 pm, August 5th, 2012

Inspector Spacetime is a show we spend far too much of our time wishing was actually a show we could watch. We’re not entirely sure we’ve accepted the fact that it is not (for now). Which is why we’re glad when the internet humors us, as with this awesome fan art mocking up a poster of the Inspector and company. As Dan Harmon himself said when he saw it (and reblogged it), “this is really really really cool.” (via Dan Harmon)

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Together At Last

Rumor of the Day: Voldemort to Face Off Against Mary Poppins in Epic Olympic Duel

by Alanna Bennett | 4:15 pm, July 24th, 2012

Well, this one we didn’t expect. In an attempt to show off all the glory that is their Britishness, the open ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics on Friday may just feature a pretty epic battle scene–headlining Harry Potter villain Lord Voldemort and the eponymous hero of Mary Poppins. It’s a pairing we never knew we always wanted? Possibly? We don’t know, we’re still pretty flabbergasted by this.

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Today in Boobs

Who Are The Top 50 Female British Power Players?

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:47 pm, March 8th, 2012

In honor of International Women’s Day, Britain’s Women in Film and TV industry organization published a list of the Top 50 Female British Power Players. It includes women from both in front of and behind the camera as well as those working in Hollywood and the news industry. So who did (and did not) make this year’s list? 

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Spock Christmas Tree Topper

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:58 pm, November 18th, 2011

It’s almost Thanksgiving that means we’re allowed to start talking about Christmas, right? Or is that Halloween? As illogical as that reasoning may be, we saw this amazing Spock Christmas tree topper on Bit Rebels and couldn’t resist sharing. Read on to find out what else we saw around the internet today! 

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For A More Civilized Age

Britain Declares Girl Monarchs as Easily Found as Boy Ones

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:41 pm, October 28th, 2011

Wow, is this a long time coming or is this a long time coming? Sixteen members of the British Commonwealth States have unanimously voted for a major overhaul in Britains royal succession laws. Women and men are now on equal footing no matter what order they were born. First-born Princess with a younger brother? No problem! You will be Queen some day and your brother will just have to take those nayh, nayh, nya-nayhs your giving out. 

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Don't Try This At Home

Real Life British Vigilante Goes Public, His Mom Shares Embarrassing Details With Press

by Susana Polo | 2:02 pm, February 23rd, 2011

A little while ago, The Sun did a feature on a local, real life, costumed vigilante calling himself the Statesman.  By night he helps arrest drug dealers, has foiled a break in, and gives aid to the homeless.  By day, we now know, he is a 26-year-old clerk at a bank branch of Santander UK named Scott Cooke.

So chalk up The Sun‘s interview with his mother under unintended consequences of going public with your secret identity.  Writers of Civil War, pay attention.

Says Mrs. Cooke, under the headline MY SUPERHERO SON IS JUST A NAUGHTY BOY:

I couldn’t believe my boy would be that brave, bless him. I’m as proud as punch. But I have told him off for going off and doing all this without confiding in his mum.

We are very close. I still do his washing although he’s a grown man, the cheeky little devil.

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