Brexit and the Last Time Great Britain Voted About Europe
June 23, 2016 12:55 PM EDT
The last time the people of Great Britain were called to the polls to voice their views on their relationship with Europe, a landslide majority chose to stick together with the continent. Yet, the public debate was as polarized as it’s been this time around. as Britons head to the polls to determine whether they will leave the European Union.
For anthropologist Edmund Leach, for example, the anti-Europeans of the time were misty-minded isolationists who showed “the same degree of contact with rational probability as a New Guinea cargo cult,” as TIME reported in June of 1975.
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THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER
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At the time of the robbery, Inspector Jacques Clouseau was standing outside the bank, arguing with a beggar. The poor fellow was trying to earn a few centimes playing the accordion, while his pet monkey collected coins in a tin cup. Now you will recall from The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark that Clouseau has an immaculate and quite literal respect for the law.
Comeback travels Pathe to production
Branagh presents Orange award to scribe Wright
LONDON — Bernard Wright’s screenplay “Frankie’s Comeback” has won the first Pathe Production Prize, which guarantees that the script will be filmed by Pathe Pictures.
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Concert Review: Paul Weller Wows With Career-Spanning Set at Royal Festival Hall
The veteran British musician focused on his acoustic-based new album but also played deep cuts from The Jam and The Style Council.
For reasons both understandable and not, Paul Weller is a prominent member of what we’ll call the Cliff Richard Club: Artists who are revered career superstars in Britain but cult artists in the U.
Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and the Crisis in American Life
During the 1990s, two amateur historians, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss, developed a new theory of American history in two books, Generations: the History of America’s Future (1991), and The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy (1997). They identified an 80-year cycle in American history, punctuated by great crises that destroyed an old order and created a new one.
Though their theory is not widely taught in colleges or discussed in the media, Strauss and Howe may well play a major role in Donald Trump’s administration.
Erik Prince Planned to Create Private Army in Ukraine: Exclusive
On the second night of his visit to Kyiv, Erik Prince had a dinner date on his agenda. A few of his Ukrainian associates had arranged to meet the American billionaire at the Vodka Grill that evening, Feb. 23, 2020. The choice of venue seemed unusual. The Vodka Grill, a since-defunct nightclub next to a KFC franchise in a rough part of town, rarely saw patrons as powerful as Prince.
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Fifty Shades of Grey Movie: How the Red Room of Pain Was Made
Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L James, whose real name is Erika Leonard, had more influence than most writers over the way her racy book was transformed into a movie. But there was one scene that she was particularly concerned about. “I was most worried about the scenes in the Red Room. I wanted them to be tasteful and erotic,” she says. “That was a journey, but we got there in the end.
Former Imam who converted to Christianity 'declared' wanted by jihadists
Hassan Muwanguzi, a preacher in Budaka district known throughout the region for his Christian activities after he shifted from being an Islamic teacher, is a target of hard-line Muslims who loathed his conversion and ministry success. Christian Today reports that Muwanguzi was nearly ambushed by Muslim militants who later raided his house, the Morning Star News wrote. "I have been battling with the challenges of Muslim threats. They have planned to kill me, but I thank God for his protection,"