Archive for the 'UK' Category

So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy: The Answers

The answers to yesterday’s Thomas Hardy quiz.

So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?

See how much you know about Thomas Hardy with our tricky questions.

Robotic Sheepdogs: A Thought Experiment

An excerpt from David McFarland’s book Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs.

Friday Procrastination: Link Love

What Kirsty has been reading recently.

Challenge Oxford!

Test your wordpower against Oxford’s experts.

Dispelling the Texting Myths

David Crystal tells us that txtng is nothing worry about

Desperately Seeking Mandela

On Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, Elleke Boehmer looks at the symbolic legacies of Mandela in South Africa.

Who’s glamorous? The Queen or Victoria Beckham?

‘Glamour’ author Stephen Gundle compares the glamour factor of The Queen and Victoria Beckham

Launching Powers of Persuasion

Photos from the launch party of Powers of Persuasion: The Inside Story of British Advertising by Winston Fletcher

When British Advertising Led The World

Winstone Fletcher tells us about the time when Britain was leading the world in advertising

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