#Britain

Jake Hanrahan

Jake_Hanrahan

In 2018 the “Sugar Tax” was introduced in the UK, apparently to help force the reduction of sugar in drinks to combat obesity. (Thanks Nanny State Britain).All our soft drinks

NW London TimeMachine

time_nw

The Hendon mainline signal box pictured in 1977. In the background is the Schweppes factory. The scaffolding on it is perhaps a portent of what was to become of it.Image

Eliza Durbin

ElizaCLST6

#CLST6 For my #CYO3, I listened to The Arch and Anth Podcast Episode 3: “How do we use ancient DNA to understand Neolithic Britain?” In this podcast, Dr. Tom Booth

Alex Morss 🌍⏳

morss_alex

Sorry. This is deeply concerning for a multitude of reasons, which are overlooked entirely by this one sided business story & its promoters. I don’t share the widespread celebrity/rewilder/ billionaire/novice

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

The 1970s was a decade of serious anxiety about food supplies. Norman Tebbit, of all people, urged the government to consider rationing basic foodstuffs. That played a significant role in

Jameel Jaffer

JameelJaffer

A UK court will decide on Monday whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the US. It’s crucial to understand that the case isn’t just incidentally about press freedom. The

Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪

SloughForEU

It's a good day to reflect on the forced resignation of Kim Darroch from his post as US ambassador in July 2019.Leaked documents revealed Darroch being highly critical of Trump

Ewan Gibbs

ewangibbs

I enjoyed @jemgilbert’s interview about the Labour left on @poltheoryother. The observation that Corbyn and his allies saw themselves primarily in terms of anti-austerity politics and not the longer term

Tom Booth

Boothicus

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/jy8fji/genes_are_everything/For some strange reason this post on Cheddar Man has been very popular on Reddit today. It contains one of maybe many claims around him that we possibly could h

Stonewall

stonewalluk

URGENTProgress on trans equality in the UK is under threat. Misinformation continues to spread, so we wanted to share some stats that show what life is like for trans people

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

Proud to have two stories on the homepage today — both, sadly, about the failures of leadership in coping with this pandemic. The first, with my colleagues @mattapuzzo and @selamgkidan

Basit Mahmood

BasitMahmood91

One of the reasons I became a journalist was to shine a light on Islamophobia and hold the govt to account over it, something which my profession hasn’t done nearly

Horus

nastymutant

To everyone pleading with Boris Johnson to stop foreign criminals landing in Kent and being given luxury accommodation - why do you think he wants to stop it?Here are at

Simon Evans

DrSimEvans

Great Britain has gone two month without coal and yes, that is a big deal.It's gone from 40% coal powered to ~2% in 8yrs. And plenty for other countries to

Matthew Garrahan

MattGarrahan

A global pandemic wreaks havoc on the world and sparks the worst economic crash in 100 years. The year in FT front pages: January 24 - the first time we

Jack Shenker

hackneylad

A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding at Napier barracks - Britain's first modern-day refugee camp, run controversially by the @ukhomeoffice - where a Covid outbreak is spiralling out of control.

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