The sound of sucessful old bands Boy band Take That have made their comeback complete with their first UK number one single in more than a decade. 'Patience' climbed to the top spot after landing at number four a week ago based on download sales alo...
A wedding with all the trimmings It was the Hollywood wedding of the year. Heartthrob Tom Cruise married his young bride Katie Holmes in a fairytale castle in Odescalchi near the Italian capital, Rome. About 150 relatives and friends gathered for th...
How much is a pizza worth? Are you hungry? How about a pizza? Just be careful if you go to Bella Napoli， an Italian restaurant in the Scottish city of Glasgow. If you order a pizza there, it could cost you more than 2,000 (or 30,000 Yuan). Chef Dom...
Are they thinking outside the box? Most people like using short-cuts . We all usually want to get from A to B as quickly as possible and when we want to get our message across to people with the same job as us, we often use jargon . It's a kind of s...
A friendly ghost on Halloween October 31st is Halloween when children in the UK dress up as ghosts, witches and all kinds of weird , wonderful but very scary creatures and go trick or treating. They visit their neighbours and show off their costumes...
An ancient yet modern sport The Scottish are certain that they invented the game of golf over 500 years ago but the Chinese, the French and even the Dutch have also made such claims in the past. We may never know who first played the game but does t...
Modern science helps in new ways Can you imagine being savagely attacked by a dog? What if the attack was so severe that your nose, lips and chin were completely destroyed ? How would you feel about yourself ? Would you be able to look at yourself i...
An autobiography: the story of someone's life If you take a look at the best-selling books in the UK these days, it is almost certain that there will be a handful of autobiographies in that list. Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, actor Michael J Fox and...
The filming of famous British soap opera Eastenders Watching TV is a very popular pastime in the UK but what kind of programmes do British people like to watch? Well, the most-watched TV programmes every week are very popular dramas that are usually...
Zara Phillips prepares to take a jump (photograph by Craig Wilkinson) Here in the UK the sport of horse racing is often referred to as the sport of kings. However, after Zara Phillips stunning victory in the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany...
