5 posts tagged ‘britain’
British furry franchise The Wombles may soon return to screens
Boing Boing,
The Wombles are Britain's counterpart to the Smurfs, the Gnomes, the Trolls, and so on: in the 1960s and 1970s, every European country had its own cast of counterculture-influenced yet eminently franchisable creature cultures. The Wombles are hedgehog-like characters who live in burrows in parkland ("the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we…") and clean up after thoughtless, littering humans. — Read the rest The post British furry franchise The Wombles may soon return to screens appeared first on Boing Boing.
Bristol Airport's new multi faith shed is the zenith of contemporary British culture
On Twitter, Bristol Airport posted a photograph of its new multi faith area. Dan Barker points out that it is a "shining beacon" of contemporary Britishness. "The reflection of a guy in Hi Vis, the bollard placement, the use of a 'Smoking Shed' as a 'Multi faith area'. — Read the rest
“Saltburn” Is a “Brideshead” for the Incel Age
The New Yorker,
Emerald Fennell’s class satire is diabolically clever, but there is a void at its center.
Top British general illegally concealed report that its special forces executed handcuffed prisoners
SAS soldiers claimed to have executed handcuffed detainees in Afghanistan and this was reported to General Gwyn Jenkins, now the second-most senior officer in the British Armed Forces. Jenkins, instead of referring the report to Military Police, locked it in a safe. — Read the rest
Top ultra-marathon runner got lift in car
Jo Zakrzewski is a successful and record-holding British ultra-marathon runner. She's also unsporting, according to a officials who handed her a yearlong ban for taking a ride in a car on the way to winning third place in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race. — Read the rest