Events in Britain and Ireland
This page deals with current events in Great Britain and Ireland, of interest to and/or involving the British or the Irish.
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“Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of her land,
And guardian angels sung the strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
Britons never shall be slaves.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland ...”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)