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Philip Larkin, an English poet famous for his “average Joe” poetical voice, wrote his poetry for the everyday man versus his contemporaries. He wanted to portray the world as it is rather than mucking it up with the artificial. He had a tendency to write

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that the U.K. will not use the euro, but pledged to stay a member of the European Union.

Stef Collins who starred at St. Bonaventure University is leading Great Britain's Women's National basketball team to their first ever Olympics appearance in 2012. Though born in England, Collins grew up in Upstate New York.

A new government study reveals that Great Britain has a higher rate of crime than the United States.

"Undercover Boss" focuses on sex shops in this week's Britiain version.

"The traditional view is that alcohol misuse is uncommon in older people and that the misuse of drugs is rare. This is simply not true."

The US has found itself in yet another war with unknown duration or outcome. The costs, however, are remarkably obvious. The war in Libya ostensibly waged to protect innocent civilians received a major boost primarily through a confluence of two agents.

When she encounters a wounded rider in the woods, Karigan has no idea what adventures lie in store for her.

This is an interesting essay on British imperialism. It deals with many parts of the world that Great Britain sought to control and exploit.

Mary Queen of Teck, was the Queen consort, a title that is given to the wife of a reigning king who takes on what is considered the female duties of the British throne.

Alban was the first martyr of Britain and a Hero of the Faith.

Mussa Kussa, the Libyan foreign minister who defected to Great Britain, has a rather sordid past, both as Libyan ambassador to Great Britain and as Libya's terrorism chief. This has caused the British not to grant him immunity from prosecution.

On Saturday, Britain's Jamie Oliver (of Food Revolution fame) publicly criticized Sarah Palin for criticizing Michelle Obama's health food campaign.

From the 14th century to early 1800s, Britain was locked in the frigid grip of what was known as the Little Ice Age. However, despite the death and destruction that it caused, it also brought some surprising benefits.

The British Isles is a geographical term that refers to the great number of islands that surround and include Great Britain and Ireland.

It seems that people in Kent and Surrey in Great Britain are finding out that they cannot be too proactive in trying to prevent burglaries from breaking into tool sheds and stealing their stuff. If the burglars are hurt, they might sue.

According to the U.K. Telegraph, the latest WikiLeaks document leak reveals the Obama administration was so desperate to get a Russian agreement on the START Treaty that it traded away sensitive data on Britain's nuclear deterrence.

When Prince William weds Kate Middleton it will begin a period of nearly two years of economic activity for Great Britain.

Britain has universal healthcare, which can lead to physician shortages that the U.K. meets by employing locum doctors. The benefits to the U.K. health system provided by its use of locum tenens physicians should be an inspiration to U.S. healthcare.

Obama doesn't seem to like Britain much; Americans don't seem to like France much; the British don't seem to like the French much. Meanwhile, the French don't really care about any of this.

On the occasion of a Washington visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Barack Obama suggested that France was America's "greatest ally," a gesture widely perceived as a deliberate slight against Great Britain.

Britain's Green Party was slower to develop than the Greens in some other European countries. At the 1979 election there were fifty-three Green candidates, and they had on average 1.5 per cent of the votes in the constituencies which they contested.

This article is about Britain, but that word has no clear definition.

There have been so many changes in economic, social and political life in Britain in the 1980s that this seventh edition is very different from the sixth. Some chapters have been completely rewritten, the others very thoroughly revised.

This is a list of runners who have run the mile in less than four minutes according to their career best time as of 2010. World, national, and area records are indicated. Time and date of athlete's first (debut) sub-four minute mile is also indicated.

The Methodist, Presbyterian, Reformed and Baptist denominations, together with the national English and Scottish churches, are together approximately similar to what Americans commonly call mainline Protestants.

In the most important matters, avoidance of war and of foreign domination, Britain shares the same interests as the other countries of the European Community.

This is a list of runners who have run the mile in less than four minutes in order of the date of their first sub-four minute performance.