http://dir.salon.com/topics/britain/?source=rss&aim=britain en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/08/bomber_e_mails/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/08/bomber_e_mails/index.html?source=rss Messages from men linked with al-Qaida in Pakistan who schemed to blow up planes with liquid explosives By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/17/mohamed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/17/mohamed/index.html?source=rss The British are poised to reveal the brutal torture to which Binyam Mohamed was subjected. By Abigail Kramer Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/01/carol_duffy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/01/carol_duffy/index.html?source=rss Once called a "poetess" by her male colleagues, Carol Ann Duffy becomes the first woman to hold the prestigious post. By Marc Hujer, Wolfgang Reuter and Christoph Schwennicke Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/07/obama_g_20/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/07/obama_g_20/index.html?source=rss World leaders may have struggled to reach consensus, but they did break new ground: Barack Obama admitted his country was responsible for the current crisis. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/02/03/population/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/02/03/population/index.html?source=rss Yes, says an advisor to the British government on environmental policy. By Amy Benfer Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/12/05/sociosexuality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/12/05/sociosexuality/index.html?source=rss Yeah, of course we're going to make you click. By Lynn Harris Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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? By Catherine Price Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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. By Catherine Price Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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. By Lynn Harris Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:09:00 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