LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Alcohol-related deaths in Britain have more than doubled over the past 16 years, official statistics showed Thursday, with those in managerial and professional jobs regularly drinking more than manual workers.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Rapid technological leaps forward in the last 10 years mean mankind is closer than ever before to knowing whether extra-terrestrial life exists in our galaxy, one of Britain’s leading scientists said on Tuesday.
The results of the latest British Social Attitudes survey show that we’re more liberal about gay rights; yet more Conservative about our politics. Get the results here, and find out how Europe comparesIf you want to find out how Britain has changed, you can’t do much better than the latest British Social Attitudes survey.Each year [...]
A female conductor is still seen as such a novelty in the UK, yet one of our most internationally acclaimed maestros is a womanJulia Jones rightly upbraided me when I interviewed her for tomorrow’s Music Matters on Radio 3. “It’s only in England that I get asked questions like this”, she said, whereas in Portugal, [...]
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – International hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain this month.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – The coldest winter in Britain for 30 years has left more motorists wanting to buy 4×4 vehicles, a car website said on Thursday.