Provided by Metro 1. Sarcasm is the highest form of wit Some people say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, along with irony. The British would strongly disagree. Basically, in the UK, you can’t ...
Some things about the USA just don’t stack up (Picture: Getty Images) We all have quirky little habits and ways of doing things, but so routine are they that we sometimes assume they’re the norm.
Produced at amazing speed in the years after the Conquest, the Domesday Book provides a vivid picture of late 11th-century England. Find out how it was compiled, and what it reveals about life in ...
The Conservatives, benefiting from British success in the Boer War, and from splits in the Liberal Party, were returned to power. Lord Salisbury remained as prime minister and became the last ...
Lady Seligman, elderly and a snob convinced of her own social superiority, was outraged. Born in a grand Victorian mansion in the gated, tree-lined Kensington Palace Gardens, London’s poshest ...
Let's face it-it's not particularly fair to complain about other people not really "getting you" when you aren't really getting them either, is it? And beyond that, there are obvious advantages to ...
A British family was left 'terrified' after being circled by a shark just off a beach at a popular holiday resort in Spain. Holidaymaker Jessica Kenny, 27, was paddling in the sea at Playa Arenal ...
But the British failure on this surface, by far the least commonly found in the UK, goes beyond the main draw of Roland ...
When I ask people in New York City — where I now live — where I can find a bubbler, I get confused looks. It's a hallmark of Midwestern politeness to exclaim "Ope!" when squeezing past someone ...
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have agreed to take part in a head-to-head debate on ITV next week, writes Ben Riley-Smith, ...