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Policing Without Guns: How British Officers Keep the Peace
According to Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of the Greater Manchester Police, a police officer's "best weapon is their mouth.”Fahy, who is also the spokesman on workforce development for the...
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Click on the audio player above to hear this segment.In the summer of 1952, Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in Great Britain. Today she becomes the country's longest-serving monarch, surpassing...
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Your Guide to The Weirdest Places in the U.K.
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.This edition of The Takeaway Weekender Podcast features a special extended interview with American humorist and writer Bill Bryson.More than 20...
View ArticleA Comedic Counternarrative
British police continue to combat ISIS' successful recruitment of teens. Humza Arshad, a British-Pakistani and Muslim comedian, has joined their efforts, creating YouTube videos and making school...
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Was Charles Dickens the first celebrity medical spokesman?
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Who is Banksy? New mathematical analysis claims to know
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View ArticleLondon Voters Elect First Muslim Mayor
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View ArticleKarl Ove Knausgaard Reads V. S. Naipaul
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British lawmaker killed ahead of Brexit vote
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View ArticleHow Violence Changes the Brexit Debate
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View ArticleA British Goodbye?
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Brexit to Nexit: What happens now that the UK voted to leave the EU?
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Watch this soccer announcer’s raucous takedown of England after Iceland victory
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Boris Johnson will not run for UK prime minister
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Why Brexit may be the best thing for Britain’s fishing industry
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View ArticleThe Life of a Shepherd
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[Unedited] Michael Longley with Krista Tippett
Michael Longley has written more than 20 books of poetry including "Collected Poems," "Gorse Fires," and his most recent collection, "The Stairwell." This interview is edited and produced with music...
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Michael Longley — The Vitality of Ordinary Things
To reassert the liveliness of ordinary things, precisely in the face of what is hardest and most broken in life and society — this has been Michael Longley’s gift to Northern Ireland as one of its...
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What George Michael’s career meant for music and sexuality
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Queen Elizabeth II turns 91 today. View photos of her as a young royal
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View ArticleBomb Blast at Manchester Leaves 19 Dead, Dozens Wounded
An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police say they are treating as a terrorist attack.Greater...
View ArticlePresident Trump condemns ‘wicked ideology’ behind Manchester attack
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Top official says U.S. hasn’t verified ISIS claim on Manchester attack
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Everything we know about the Manchester attack
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View ArticleVan strikes pedestrians on London Bridge
There should be an embedded item here. Please visit the original post to view it.A white van reportedly veered off a roadway and struck pedestrians on the famed London Bridge in England late Saturday,...
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Trump points to travel ban after reports of London attacks
Police officers and ambulance crews stand outside Borough Market after an attack left seven people dead and dozens injured in London, Britain, on June 4, 2017. Photo by Peter Nicholls/ReutersWASHINGTON...
View ArticleU.K. Weighs Counterterrorism Options in Wake of London Attack
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. This past weekend presented another harrowing series of days for the United Kingdom.On Saturday night in London, three men drove a white van...
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Michael Longley — The Vitality of Ordinary Things
To reassert the liveliness of ordinary things, precisely in the face of what is hardest and most broken in life and society — this has been Michael Longley’s gift to Northern Ireland as one of its...
View ArticleCitizen Charlie Gard
Almost a year ago, Charlie Gard was born in a London hospital with a rare mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that left him profoundly brain damaged. The hospital, mindful of the infant’s pain, wanted...
View ArticleNick Lowe Gets Better with Age
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View ArticleEnemies: A History Of Bad Blood [Full Episode]
Across generations, Americans have seen foes turn to friends and allies to enemies. So, as negotiations are in the works for a nuclear deal with Iran and to resume formal diplomatic relations with...
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View ArticleFiona Mozley's Debut Novel, A Dark Landscape of Rural England
Fiona Mozley discusses her novel Elmet, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. It tells the story of a family living an isolated, self-sufficient life in Elmet, a corner of Yorkshire. But after a...
View ArticleA Rare Glimpse Behind of the Crown
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentThe BBC spent 22 years negotiating with Buckingham Palace for an interview with Queen Elizabeth II. And they finally got it.As part of the...
View ArticleRussian Spy Poisoning: How the U.K. May Respond
Last week, former Russian spy Sergei V. Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a park bench in the small southern city of Salisbury in England. They appeared to be victims of a...
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