<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>The Pint Lives: Metric Britain Abandoned : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Pint Lives: Metric Britain Abandoned : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pint Lives: Metric Britain Abandoned]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36859/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has ditched its attempt to impose the metric system on Ireland and Britain, where a grocer was once convicted of selling bananas by the pound rather than by the kilo.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 Million Royalty-Free British Isles Photos]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/79546/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barroso Claims Britain Contemplating Move To &#8364;uro]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/83183/1/</link><description><![CDATA[No more Sterling (&#163;)!<br/><br/>(According to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Malaysian sues Britain over ethnic Indians' woes]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42178/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An ethnic Indian in Malaysia is using an audacious strategy to highlight the plight of his mostly impoverished community by suing Britain, the country's former colonial ruler, for $4 trillion (1.9 trillion pounds).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain's first A to Z: The amazing 14th-century map of Britain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/49073/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It is the oldest surviving map of Britain, dating from around 1360.<br/><br/>The cartographer must have been feeling cocky.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revealed: Britain, 100 years ago - in living colour]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39287/1/</link><description><![CDATA[These remarkable photographs show Britain at the dawn of the 20th century in a way that has never been seen before. A photographic record of the country in 1900, from Clacton Pier to Dumfries, the delicate colours bring the scenes to life in what was then a revolutionary photographic technique invented by the Swiss printer Orell Fussli.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Slavery in Britain: In Photographs]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/11184/1/</link><description><![CDATA[As Britain prepares to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade, a new photographic exhibition focuses on human trafficking in the UK today.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New online archive of contemporary British poetry]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4004/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Archive of the Now is an online and print repository of recordings, printed texts and manuscripts, focussing on innovative contemporary poetry being written or performed in Britain.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain's slave history going online]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18119/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Britain's slave trading past is getting a human face as an ancestry-tracing website starts putting the personal histories of the victims online for the first time.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female millionaires on the rise in Britain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17908/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Wealth used to be a man's world, but the gap between the sexes when it comes to money is narrowing rapidly in Britain.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain for Americans]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/11936/1/</link><description><![CDATA[This is a guide  to Britain written for Americans who may be planning a visit here. Use this guide to help you become familar with the many complex, sometimes strange customs of the British People.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend of silliness celebrated in Britain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19315/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The summer season has begun in Britain, celebrated during the weekend with eccentric rituals aimed at being silly for the sake of national identity.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain owes world &#163;31 trillion]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/21180/1/</link><description><![CDATA[According to the International Coalition for British Reparations, Britain owes the world &#163;31 trillion! If you think they're right, sign the petition.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Shin Kicking Championship 2008]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64904/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Rules, as they are, according to the Shin Kicking Association of Britain (motto &#8220;If it ain&#8217;t broke, yer not kickin&#8217; hard enough!&#8221;) can be found here.<br/><br/>In certain ways, it seems more civilised than rugby.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four million security cameras: How many does a nation need?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25897/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Britain has more surveillance cameras than any other Western democracy. 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