MetaFilter posts tagged with england and unitedkingdom

Gasparcolor

Kattullus — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:49:24 -0800

Colour on the Thames is a 7 minute film shot in 1935 using Gasparcolor, one of the many early forms of tinting black and white film. Beside Colour on the Thames, which provides a wonderful view of 1930's England, the only film made in Gasparcolor I could find online was Colour Flight by New Zealand artist Len Lye, an abstract cartoon set to instrumental 1930's pop music. The story of Gasparcolor is in itself interesting, for instance touching on Nazis, Hungary between the wars and early color animation.

Product Placement Banned in U.K.

jeremy b — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:26:32 -0800

Product Placement Banned in U.K. Minister says it 'contaminates programs'.

A grave situation

dersins — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:49:52 -0800

ukgraves.info has thousands of photographs of cemeteries and gravestones all over the UK, from City of London to the Kirk of Lammermuir, and random points in between.

Send big dogs after her/That bite her bum

Mayor Curley — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:55:21 -0800

Long live our noble queen.

It’s kind of a radar for gayness, or a gay radar. It’s called… a homometer

ab'd al'Hazred — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:37:26 -0800

'Gay' horse jibe lands student in court

shoshenmerningersdavis, jackassnm

Tlogmer — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:15:44 -0800

A returned U.K. expat on English drinking's sharp increase.
(supporting study with female subjects) (the gov's counterintuitive but well-researched solution)
Brits: any accuracy to the concerns?

If You See George W. Bush, Email or Text The Time and Location To...

grabbingsand — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 05:30:06 -0800

If You See George W. Bush, Email or Text The Time and Location To... Chasing Bush.

"A special online diary, designed to track George W. Bush for the duration of his visit to the UK.... If he wants to make a state visit that isn't marred by protest, he should do it on another island. He's not welcome on this one; and we're determined to let the world see that."

Blair a war criminal

lometogo — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:25:08 -0800

Blair, the war criminal Tom Dalyell, a Labour MP with over 41 years of service in the House of Commons has voted with his Labour Party constitutency to call for Blair to reconsider his postion as party leader. He further states that he believes "[Blair] should be branded as a war criminal and sent to the Hague".

Fireworks in England

twine42 — Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:43:11 -0800

Fresh in from the 'perfect timing' department - not even 24 hours after the fire brigade goes on strike, the south west of England goes on flood watch and a Fireworks factory explodes. For some added fun, the army are banned from driving the modern fire engines and instead drive famous 'green godesses'.

Even ignoring the lack of cover (644 GGs replacing 4,311 normal engines) and lack of equipment the army fire teams have, should emergency services be able to strike?

owillis — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 23:23:28 -0800

England vs. USA Over the death penalty. Initially I felt like saying "butt out" but America tends to get involved in other countries when our citizens are in trouble (like that kid in Singapore way back).