"Insurers have withdrawn the cover on their virginity taken out by three sisters in the event of the second coming of Christ. Essex-based Britishinsurance.com confirmed it had provided the £1m policy, but said it was reviewed on Thursday following complaints. The firm...
As its name suggests, the United Kingdom is a supposedly integrated old thing made up of the nations England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. But since 1997 the shape of the country has been shifting....
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Something seems so weird to me about this... Indian women's weightlifting, England's men's gymnastics, I don't know what the hell is going on over there. "India's Kunjarani Devi won the first gold medal of the 2006 Games, defending her title in the women's 48kg...
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"Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Scottish soccer legend Jimmy Johnstone died Monday at 61-years-old after a long battle with motor neurone disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease."
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"Perhaps this will allow graffiti artists to become helpful in one way or another, but a spray-on computer is being developed at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews and Strathclyde as a joint effort to create tiny specks that can peform computations and...
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SYLVIA GRACE BORDA
EK MODERNISM
Curated by Adam Harrison
March 3 – April 7, 2006
Opening Friday, March 3, 6–8PM
CSA is pleased to host Sylvia Grace Borda’s first North American
exhibition of EK Modernism,...
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"Mountaineers have warned of changes to the soil on Scottish summits because of an increase in people scattering the ashes of loved ones. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has asked bereaved relatives to avoid the most popular sites and even to bury ashes rather than...
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It’s the birthday of poet Robert Burns, born in Alloway, Scotland (1759). The son of a poor farmer, he followed his father’s example and spent the first half of his life engaged in the backbreaking labor of premodern farming. People in his village thought he was odd...
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Cooinciding with the launch of the third season of
Upgrade Vancouver this September, organizers from the entire Upgrade network -
which used to just be us and New York, but which has expanded in the last year...
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The Upgrade is launching in Scotland. Here is the announcement from Curator Cezanne Charles: "I would like to invite you all to a new arts/technology night to be held at
the CCA on Wednesday 27th JULY.Glasgow gets its first
Upgrade!The Upgrade! Scotland is a regular...
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