Topic: British Broadcasting Corporation
The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty. The country's Design Council has asked designers and manufacturers to come up with replacements for the gowns, which it said often leave patients feeling exposed. One model is being created by U.S.-born designer Ben de Lisi, who ...
A British woman says she's shocked that a dusty dish on her shelf has been identified as a very valuable 260-year-old antique made for the King of Prussia. Wendy Jones said Tuesday she was unaware for years that the 22-inch (55-centimeter ...
China's outgoing ambassador to London criticised what she portrayed as British arrogance after being questioned about Google's threat to pull out of her country in a BBC interview on Tuesday. Fu Ying also insisted relations between Beijing and London had not been strained by the execution last month of British national Akmal Shaikh, whose supporters said was mentally ...
The NBC sitcom The Office was based on the 2001 British hit comedy series of the same name, co-created by Ricky Gervais, who in the original series had also starred as David Brent, terminally disingenuous office manager of Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants (Slough Branch).
The Office takes a look at the lives of its co-workers: bored but talented ...
