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A behind-the-scenes peek at 'Downton Abbey'
BERKSHIRE, England — It's a midsummer afternoon in the English countryside, and a parade of aristocrats is gliding up a grassy hill toward Downton Abbey. There is Lord Grantham, in his crisp dinner suit, followed by his daughters Lady Edith and Lady...
Tags: Television, Jim Carter, PBS (tv network), Authors, Hugh Bonneville
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Union Jack reappears over Belfast City Hall, briefly
LONDON – After days of protest over its absence, the British flag flew over the Northern Irish capital of Belfast once again Wednesday, but for less than 24 hours and only then because of the newest, most glamorous addition to Britain’s...
Tags: Belfast, Unions, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Career and Workplace, Cambridge (England)
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Half of food produced worldwide is wasted, study finds
Up to half of the food produced worldwide never makes it into a consumer's mouth, according to a new report. That’s as much as 2 billion tons of grub that’s wasted, according to a study released Thursday by Britain's Institution of...
Tags: Arable Farming, Natural Resources, Consumers, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources
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Kate Middleton's portrait unveiled in London
Kate Middleton's official portrait has been unveiled. Prince William's wife's likeness can now be seen in Britain's National Portrait Gallery — but not everyone is in love with what they see. The painting, by Scottish artist Paul Emsley, who...
Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Charlie Sheen, South Africa, Arts, BBC
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British soldier in Afghanistan victim of apparent 'inside' attack
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A British soldier was shot and killed when a man believed to be a member of the Afghan National Army turned his weapon on foreign troops and his Afghan colleagues in a restive southern province, officials said Tuesday. Monday&...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, NATO, Taliban, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts
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Britain issues new guidelines on prosecuting offensive online comments
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.LONDON – People who post offensive messages on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter should face criminal charges only if their comments are harassing or threatening and not simply in bad taste, according to new legal guidelines in Britain...Tags: Prosecution, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws
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British publisher drops Lawrence Wright's new Scientology book
British publisher Transworld has canceled its plans to publish "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright. The book will be published in the U.S. by Knopf on Jan. 17. The reason...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Belief and Faith, Book, Tom Cruise, Crime, Law and Justice
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TV chefs' recipes too high in fat, calories for WHO recommendations
TV dinners got a relative thumbs up in a medical journal — when compared with recipes offered by TV chefs. Surprised? Turns out that the British TV dinners, called “ready meals” there – had fewer calories and less fat and fiber...
Tags: Health Organizations, Overweight, Recipes
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British television producer All3Media to consolidate in Westchester
Britain’s largest independent television production company, All3Media, will consolidate its Southern California studios in Westchester. The company behind such shows as “Undercover Boss” and “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares&...
Tags: Rentals, Howard Hughes, Office and Retail Spaces
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Warren Ellis trails 'Gun Machine' through NYC's mean streets
Warren Ellis has a few ideas about why Americans are so obsessed with guns — the theme of his new novel "Gun Machine" (Mulholland Books: 320 pp., $25.99). "I'm presuming it's still this deep-seated neurosis that the British are going to come back,"...
Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), CSI (tv program), Red (movie, 2010) , Crime, Law and Justice, Authors
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Quentin Tarantino refuses to talk violence with TV interviewer
Quentin Tarantino has been getting asked a lot about the link between movie violence and real-life violence lately, especially since his new film "Django Unchained" features an over-the-top massacre. But, he finally lost it when a British TV interviewer...
Tags: Movies, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Entertainment, Kerry Washington, Django Unchained (movie)
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Could you work at Downton Abbey?
I would bet you shillings to cents that at least 90% of the people who watch “Downton Abbey,” which returns to these TV shores on Sunday, would rather be the “upstairs” folk, the titled Crawley family, than the “downstairs&...
Tags: Marlborough, Gilded Age, Julia Child, Career and Workplace, Downton Abbey (tv program)
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