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- Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary. It drilled seasonally...19 KB (1,879 words) - 16:08, 25 March 2024
- Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night"...140 KB (17,744 words) - 17:22, 6 March 2024
- Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university...63 KB (6,562 words) - 03:16, 25 March 2024
- Pearse McAuley (1964/1965[citation needed] – c. 18 March 2024) was a Provisional IRA member, who escaped from Brixton Prison in London on 7 July 1991 along...8 KB (628 words) - 14:03, 25 March 2024
- The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and...83 KB (8,505 words) - 12:15, 14 March 2024
- A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United...32 KB (3,592 words) - 12:43, 19 January 2024
- The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten...158 KB (15,834 words) - 21:25, 7 March 2024
- In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours. The honours system consists...72 KB (7,582 words) - 11:48, 13 March 2024
- The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of cost-saving machinery, and often...31 KB (3,437 words) - 23:23, 26 March 2024
- A sauna (/ˈsɔːnə, ˈsaʊnə/, Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ], Estonian: [ˈsɑu̯n]) is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or...70 KB (8,670 words) - 18:29, 27 March 2024
- Shoreditch is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Hackney alongside neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets, which are also...48 KB (5,110 words) - 14:22, 24 February 2024
- Joseph Bruce Ismay (/ˈɪzmeɪ/; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White...40 KB (5,139 words) - 22:48, 11 March 2024