Category Archives: The Brit List

The Brit List:
Five Great
British TV
Matriarchs

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Friday,
May 11th, 2012

Full disclosure: the original title for this was “Five Great British TV Mothers,” which is perhaps more factually accurate, but could be misleading if you came of age in the ’60s, or listen to a lot of hip hop, so ...

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The Brit List:
5 Gaffes and
Goofs Made By
British
Politicians
On-Camera

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Wednesday,
April 25th, 2012

In recent years, it has become apparent that there is a reason why politicians have become less bothered about the actuality of their day to day work – the administration and facilitation of the communities they have been elected to ...

The Brit List:
Five Saint
Georges For
Saint
George’s
Day

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Monday,
April 23rd, 2012

Note: it’s Saint George’s Day today. He’s the patron saint of England, and his flag, the red cross on a white background, is the English flag (as opposed to the Union Flag, which incorporates Saint George’s, ...

Eight Natural
Wonders of the
British Isles

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Friday,
April 20th, 2012

Note: there are far, far more than eight natural wonders in the British Isles; the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, the various coves and stacks dotted all around the coastline, almost all of Cornwall; they all deserve representation, as does ...

RIP Dick Clark:
17 UK Acts Who
Appeared on
‘American
Bandstand’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Wednesday,
April 18th, 2012

Just two months after the death of Soul Train‘s Don Cornelius, music has lost another of its legendary TV ambassadors: Dick Clark. Clark died of a heart attack today at age 82, leaving behind a powerful legacy, including a ...

The Brit List:
10
Internationally
Unsung UK
National
Treasures

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Tuesday,
April 17th, 2012

Sir Ranulph Fiennes (Press Association via AP Images)

The Brit List:
Five British
Versions Of
American TV
Shows

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Friday,
April 13th, 2012

The Apprentice

The Brit List:
Titanic
Disaster Still
Captivates
Audiences 100
Years Later

By Leah Rozen | Posted on Monday,
April 9th, 2012

RMS Titanic departing Southampton, England on April 10, 1912 (Wikimedia Commons)

Plenty of ships have gone down but few continue to fascinate like the Titanic, which sank into the Atlantic a hundred years ago.

The Brit List:
Five Ways In
Which British
Culture Has
Been
Americanized

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Monday,
April 9th, 2012

The Brit List:
Five Good
Friday Good
Samaritans

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Friday,
April 6th, 2012

Audrey Hepburn reporting back after a UNICEF visit to Ethopia, 1988 (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

As it’s Good Friday, and there’s never a bad time to lift our heads out of the showbiz world and look around the wider world a bit, here are five British stars of Hollywood who have tried to put their fame and influence to ...