Genetic difference and selection in domestic cat populations of the United Kingdom and former British colonies

1977 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 243-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Blumenberg
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Genetic Difference ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
British Colonies

The Booker Prize and Post-Imperial British Literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Holmes
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
British Literature ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Anglophone Literature ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Commonwealth Of Nations ◽  
English Speaking World ◽  
British Colonies

In the particular and peculiar case of the Booker Prize, regarded as the most prestigious literary award in the United Kingdom (as measured by economic value to the author and publisher, and total audience for the awards announcement), the cultural and economic valences of literary prizes collide with the imperial history of Britain, and its after-empire relationships to its former colonies. From its beginnings, the Booker prize has never been simply a British prize for writers in the United Kingdom. The Booker’s reach into the Commonwealth of Nations, a loose cultural and economic alliance of the United Kingdom and former British colonies, challenges the very constitution of the category of post-imperial British literature. With a history of winners from India, South Africa, New Zealand, and Nigeria, among many other former British colonies, the Booker presents itself as a value arbitrating mechanism for a majority of the English-speaking world. Indeed, the Booker has maintained a reputation for bringing writers from postcolonial nations to the attention of a British audience increasingly hungry for a global, cosmopolitan literature, especially one easily available via the lingua franca of English. Whether and how the prize winners avoid the twin colonial pitfalls of ownership by and debt to an English patron is the subject of a great deal of criticism on the Booker, and to understand the prize as a gatekeeper and tastemaker for the loose, baggy canon of British or even global Anglophone literature, there must be a reckoning with the history of the prize, its multiplication into several prizes under one umbrella category, and the form and substance of the novels that have taken the prize since 1969.

Comparison of the prevalence of Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus in a population of cats with uveitis and in a healthy blood donor cat population in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily C. Jeanes ◽  
Michaela L. Wegg ◽  
Judy A. Mitchell ◽  
Simon L. Priestnall ◽  
Lorraine Fleming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Healthy Blood Donor ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
The United Kingdom

3 Australia: Devotion to Legalism

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goldsworthy Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Constitutional Interpretation ◽  
Judicial Interpretation ◽  
State Constitutions ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
Structural Principles ◽  
British Colonies

The Commonwealth of Australia is a federation of six states, whose constitution was enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament in 1900, when Australia was part of the British Empire. The six states had previously been separate British colonies, each with its own constitution that continued in force after 1900, although subject to the new federal constitution. The authority of the United Kingdom Parliament to change Australian law was not formally terminated until 1986, when the Australia Act was passed by both the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Parliaments. The fundamental documents of Australian constitutional law therefore comprise the federal constitution, the Australia Act, and the six state constitutions. This chapter looks at Australia's constitution and its origins and structure, judicial interpretation of the federal constitution, judicial review, High Court and its judges, problems and methods of constitutional interpretation, causes of interpretive difficulties, sources of interpretive principles, current interpretive methodology, extrinsic evidence of framers' intentions and purposes, ‘structural’ principles and implications, separation of powers, balance between legitimate and illegitimate creativity, and institutional and cultural factors underlying constitutional interpretation.

Rubber Study Group

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-747
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Study Group ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Primary Object ◽  
The World ◽  
British Colonies

The sixth meeting of the Rubber Study Group was held in London from March 29 to April 1, 1949, under the chairmanship of Sir Gerard Clauson. Fifteen member nations attended the sessions whose primary object was to review the world rubber situation and discuss problems relating to production, consumption and trade in rubber. Countries attending included Australia, Belgium, the British Colonies, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Liberia, the Netherlands and Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The Beginning of Rugby Union in Serbia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-94
Author(s):  
Slaviša Milenković
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
World War I ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
World War ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Sports Team ◽  
French And English ◽  
British Colonies

Summary The first direct contact with rugby was made by young men from Serbia during the First World War, after retreating through Albania, watching matches of French and English soldiers. During 1916, some 3,500 Serbian boys were sent to France and the United Kingdom to study. During their education at lyceums, colleges and universities, they were given the opportunity to play various sports, including rugby union. In keeping with their interest and quality, the Serbian boys quickly became involved in the school teams. Most Serbian boys actively participated in playing rugby in three Scottish cities - Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. Their interest in the sport was so much that in Edinburgh and Glasgow they formed special teams made up only of Serbs who played matches with other school teams. The highlight of dealing with Serb rugby in Scotland was the performance by the boys of the George Heriot School at the Rugby 7 tournament on March 9, 1918 in Edinburgh and a victory over the British Colonies selection. This performance can be considered the first appearance of a sports team under the name of Serbia on the international stage. After the end of World War I and the return to the homeland, some of the young men who became acquainted with rugby in France and the United Kingdom actively participated in academic and sports life in their homeland and the result was the establishment of two rugby clubs, in Sabac and Belgrade.

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