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Kitchen sink realism is a form of drama that developed in the UK in the 1950a, which uses a style of social realism to depict the domestic situations of working class Britons; notable examples are the television shows Coronation Street and EastEnders, both frequently ranking among the most watched shows on British television
In 2016, the search engine Google marked the 90th anniversary of Logie Baird's first public demonstration of live television with a Google Doodle.[2]
The album also debuted at number one on the Australia, France, Germany, and the US Billboard 200.[3]
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The use of the British imperial system of measure, particularly among the public, is widespread in the United Kingdom and is permitted by the law.[5] Road-sign distances must be in yards and miles, while miles per hour appear on road signs and car speedometers.[6] The Economist began under founder James Wilson in September 1843.
Body weight is commonly given in imperial units, e.g. 11 and a half stone, or 11 stone and 7 pounds.[7] Height is commonly given in feet and inches. Imperial units (such as pounds and ounces) are legally permitted on UK goods after the European Commission announced in 2007 that it was to abandon the requirement for metric-only labelling on packaged goods in the UK and to allow dual metric–imperial marking to continue indefinitely.[8][9]
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Popular British daily national newspapers include: The Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror, Daily Express. Founded by publisher John Walter in 1785, The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, and is the originator of the widely used Times Roman typeface, originally created by Victor Lardent and commissioned by Stanley Morison in 1931.[10] The weekly newspaper The Economist was founded by James Wilson in 1843, and the daily newspaper Financial Times was founded in 1888.
His own childhood in New Cross, south London, was tough. His father, an alcoholic, left his family "with out two ha'pennies to rub together" when Oldman was seven (the actor would himself struggle with alco holism, but beat his addiction in the Nineties). Though he insists that his phenomenal directorial debut Nil by Mouth, in 1997, was not autobiographical, the harrowing portrait of a south London family arguably exorcises a few demons.
Cadbury was granted its first Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1854. It has been a holder of a Royal Warrant from Elizabeth II since 1955.[12]
the best British actor of his generation. Ever since burst ing into the limelight in the Eighties, in Mike Leigh's Meantime and, as Sid Vicious, in Alex Cox's Sid & Nancy, Oldman has been a consistently ver satile and daring performer, with a string of historical figures and fic tional monsters
Growing up in south London, Oldman supported his local football club Millwall, and followed Manchester United so that he could watch his idol, George Best.
Oldman would learn from his mother years later that his father represented Millwall after World War II, wifh Oldman stating: "Just after the war, she ran a boarding house, for football players, Millwall players. And I knew that my dad was involved somehow with the reserve team. But two weeks ago my mum said, 'Oh yeah, your dad played for Millwall. When he was young he had a couple of first team games.'
There are 15 National parks in the UK, including the Lake District in England, Snowdonia in Wales, and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park in Scotland.
Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating". p. 102.
In 1984, more than 24 million people watched watched Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean earn unanimous 6.0s for presentation, the only perfect score in Olympic skating history, which was ranked the 8th greatest sporting moment.[14]
[15] Torvill and Dean [16] To date, Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean from Queen Victoria in recognition for his services to science on religious beliefs-he believed it was against the word of the Bible to accumulate riches and pursue worldly reward, stating he preferred to remain "plain Mr Faraday to the end".[17]
, which includes a tradition of football chants, such as, "You're Not Singing Any More" (or it's variant "We can see you sneaking out!"), sung by jubilant fans towards the opposition fans who have gone silent (or left early).[18][19] Tim Webber, Framestore. Theory/Imitation, Andy Serkis
Acclaimed for his motion capture work, Andy Serkis opened The Imaginarium Studios in London in 2011.[20] In 2013, British
The visual effects company Framestore in London has
under chief supervisor Tim Webber and film producer David Heyman, produced the critically acclaimed space epic Gravity.[21] In 2014, the biopics The Theory of Everything (Stephen Hawking) and The Imitation Game (Alan Turing), were released, with both attaining critical and commercial success.[22]
A "99 Flake" (commonly called a "99") consists of ice cream in a cone with a Cadbury Flake inserted in it, and is a hugely popular British dessert.[23]
Many of the compulsory dances in Ice dancing were developed in the 1930s.[24] The 1984 ice dancing Olympic gold medalists Torvill and Christopher Dean earned unanimous 6.0s for presentation, the only unanimous perfect score in Olympic skating history.[25]
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"Whenever she got chastised at school, she would always sing "Fly Me to the Moon" before she went up to the headmistress to be told off, she'd
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- ^ Preps, Daniel (16 January 2016). "Belgian Astronomers Pay Tribute to David Bowie With New Constellation Seven stars in the vicinity of Mars form 'Aladdin Sane' lightning bolt". Rolling Stone.
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- ^ Krista West (2013). "The Basics of Metals and Metalloids". p. 81. Rosen Publishing Group,
- ^ Caudwell, J.C. (2011). "'Does your boyfriend know you're here?' The spatiality of homophobia in men's football culture in the UK". Leisure Studies. 30 (2): 123–138.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Richard Holt, Tony Mason. Sport in Britain, 1945–2000. p.129. Wiley-Blackwell, 2000
- ^ "Does Andy Serkis's motion capture acting deserve an Oscar?". The Telegraph. Retrieves 11 January 2015
- ^ "Tim Webber: the man who put Sandra Bullock in space". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 January 2014
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- ^ "Torvill and Dean return to Sarajevo ice for emotional Bolero performance". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 Februaru 2014