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Ever since the 1940s, British film studios have been consistently making great crime and gangster films with a singular style and feel to them. Whether it’s the black comedies of the 1950s, the realistic, hard-boiled thrillers of the 1970s, or the flashy, fast-paced work of recent directors like Guy Ritchie, the following are ten of [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Crime, Movies · Tagged bank robbery, Brad Pitt, British, british crime films, british films, Crime, crime films, criminal, escape, film, films, gang, gangs, Gangster, mini cooper, mob, Mobster, mobsters gangsters, movie, Movies, organized crime, steal, thief, top 10 British Crime Films, Underworld
Although most people think of spies as a Cold War phenomenon, they’ve actually been around for hundreds of years, and include in their ranks larger than life figures like big game hunters, revolutionary war heroes, and even exotic dancers. While these real life spies might not have had cool gadgets or fast cars like James [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Monday, July 6, 2009 at 12:19 am
Filed under All, History, Politics · Tagged abraham lincoln, allan pinkerton, assassination, British, civil war, exotic dancer, german, Heroes, japanese, kimphilby, klaus fuchs, mata hari, nathan hale, political, russian, spies, spy, top 10 spies, top ten spies, War, war spies, world war i, world war ii
One of the things that sets humans apart from other mammals is our sense of competition. In fact, we’re so born and bred to compete, that we’ve started coming up with the strangest events. Enjoy this list of the top 10 strangest competitions.
10. Wife Carrying
For whatever reason, the Finnish decided to invent a sport that [...]
Posted by Katherine Watt on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 7:36 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Sports · Tagged air guitar, beard, beer, Bizarre, British, brooms, championship, cheese rolling, curling, extreme ironing, guitar, gurning, Ireland, moustache, nettle eating, Olympic, pea shooting, rock paper scissors, sport, Sports, wife carry, youtube
London, England is full of museums. There are large museums and smaller museums. Many are quite good and some are ever-so-slightly crappy. If you only have time to visit ten of London’s many interesting museums, then below are the ten museums that Spoonfed would recommend. Even if you have time to visit as many as [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Filed under All, Travel · Tagged Albert, British, Great, Great Britain, hackney road, interesting animal facts, London, london zoo, medical artifacts, Museum, museums, National, natural history museum, science museum, Victoria, victoria and albert, victoria and albert museum, Wellcome, wellcome collection, Zoo