Music downloads have increased dramatically in the UK Do you like music? Of course you do. Are you still going to the record shop to buy your records? If you are, you may not be for much longer. According to the British Phonographic Industry the BPI...
Harry Potter has been a global publishing phenomenon All around the world millions of people are eagerly waiting for the 16th of July. Thats because it is the day when the sixth Harry Potter novel will be published worldwide . If you are one of the...
Students return to university in September September is traditionally the end of summer and the beginning of autumn in the UK. It is also the month when children go back to school after their long summer holidays, but what do you actually know about...
Online gamers control characters in a virtual world UK online gamers are on red alert as they prepare for the arrival of the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour. The tour, which takes in nine countries on four continents, is the first of its...
Pop stars have traditionally not come from the upper classes of society. Eminem grew up on a trailer park . 50 Cent is from the dangerous ghettoes of New York. The Beatles grew up in the poor, industrial city of Liverpool. However, some musicians ha...
What is the most important day of your life? For many people the answer is your Wedding Day the day when you marry another person and promise to live together as husband and wife for the rest of your lives. Wedding celebrations differ from country to...
Do you recognise any of these names - Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Cambell, Kate Moss? In the UK they are household names . Why? Because they are supermodels . Over the last two decades models have gone from the catwalk to the front pages of glossy magaz...
Football in the UK - 英国足球 Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is estimated that around 250 million people regularly play whilst many millions more watch the game on television. In the UK teams such as Manchester United and Chelse...
UK Music Festivals 英国的音乐节 What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may so...
Wimbledon 温布尔敦网球公开赛 Wimbledon is the most important sporting event of the British summer. Since the first tournament was played in 1877 in front of a few hundred spectators , the competition has become a global sporting event attended by ov...