http://dir.salon.com/topics/britain/?source=rss&aim=britain en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/04/organic_food_affordability/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/04/organic_food_affordability/index.html?source=rss When the going gets tough, the tough... stop buying organic food Lynn Harris Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss British spy agency is on the hunt for female, minority applicants. By Clare Foges Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/12/new_tsars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/12/new_tsars/index.html?source=rss With their tricked-out yachts, trained servants and diamond-frosted toys, newly rich Russians have invaded London -- and thrown Britain's elite into a royal tizzy. Andrew Leonard Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/20/curry_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/20/curry_immigration/index.html?source=rss Will a change in U.K. immigration laws doom the most savory relic of the British Empire? Catherine Price Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/20/british_pension_pay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/20/british_pension_pay/index.html?source=rss The British government reneged on an amendment that would have allowed mothers to make up for pension contributions they missed while caring for their children. Catherine Price Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/02/lack_of_ladies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/02/lack_of_ladies/index.html?source=rss One man's quest to woo women back to rural British villages. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/13/iraq_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/13/iraq_war/index.html?source=rss The president is now taking credit for turning Sunni tribes against al-Qaida in Iraq. But two years ago he rejected a Sunni offer to negotiate an end to the violence. Lynn Harris Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/11/fgm_britain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/11/fgm_britain/index.html?source=rss London police launch campaign to stamp it out. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/07/10/elizabeth_david/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/07/10/elizabeth_david/index.html?source=rss Elizabeth David's classic "Summer Cooking" is as fresh and enchanting today as it was 50 years ago, when seasonal food was still a subversive idea. By Juan Cole Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/09/uk_terrorists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/09/uk_terrorists/index.html?source=rss Some of the accused behind the recent terror plots in Britain were professional healers. What on earth prompts someone to snap from caregiver to killer? By James Geary Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/02/uk_terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/02/uk_terror/index.html?source=rss New Prime Minister Gordon Brown edges away from Tony Blair and the Iraq war as the U.K. braces against the rising terror threat. By James Geary Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/2007/06/29/brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/2007/06/29/brown/index.html?source=rss If the British people really do want less spin and more substance from their prime minister, then Gordon Brown could be the man to deliver it. By Andrew Brown Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/10/tony_blair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/10/tony_blair/index.html?source=rss Thanks to George W. Bush, the man who was supposed to reinvent the Labor Party leaves office with more friends in America than in the U.K. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/10/queen_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/10/queen_bush/index.html?source=rss Bush plays naughty boy to the queen at his not-so-royal state dinner. But all those white ties couldn't hide his low poll numbers. Carol Lloyd Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/26/gold_diggers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/26/gold_diggers/index.html?source=rss New research shows that inheritance, divorce and entrepreneurship are catapulting more British women into the seven figures. Andrew Leonard Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/13/regime_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/13/regime_change/index.html?source=rss Does this sound familiar? A Western-hatched plot to oust a Muslim dictator on bogus charges... By Hooman Majd Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/05/sailors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/05/sailors/index.html?source=rss The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street. By Juan Cole Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/03/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/03/iran/index.html?source=rss By seizing 15 British sailors, the embattled Iranians aim to rally anti-Western sentiment and force the Brits from Iraq. By David Puner Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/02/06/us_uk_friendly_fire_incident/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/02/06/us_uk_friendly_fire_incident/index.html?source=rss Footage from a mistaken U.S. attack on British convoy Catherine Price Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/20/sanctuary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/20/sanctuary/index.html?source=rss The British government puts up funds for domestic-violence victims to build safe rooms in their homes. By Adam Roberts Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/10/31/nigel_slater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/10/31/nigel_slater/index.html?source=rss Nigel Slater, England's favorite food writer, chats about his new cookbook, British food's bum rap, and the future of fish and chips. By Andrew Brown Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/14/blair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/14/blair/index.html?source=rss How Britons came to hate Tony Blair and America, and why the next prime minister will pay the price. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/11/british_terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/11/british_terror/index.html?source=rss Americans bust the hapless Seas of David gang. The British round up real terrorist rings. But experts say the U.K. arrests more extremists because more of them live on British soil. Page Rockwell Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/16/forced_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/16/forced_marriage/index.html?source=rss A British Op-Ed says the failure to ban the practice is a betrayal of Asian women. Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/06/funding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/06/funding/index.html?source=rss The British government announces plans to supplement funds lost due to "global gag."