The Mirror11d
One rare British coin is worth £72,000 - here's how to check if you have one
One particular British coin may make you wish you hadn't ... prompting a generation to search their change for the rare but ultimately elusive penny of 1933." During the 1930s, banks had such ...
The Economist7d
Why apprenticeships are so rare in Britain
THOUGH IT SPENT a lot of time lambasting Britain’s universities, the Conservative government that left office last year did a rotten job of promoting alternatives. The failure of its efforts to ...
AOL27d
13 Valuable Stamps From Around the World
Known as the world’s most valuable and rare stamp, this unique piece was produced during a stamp shortage in British Guiana. Only one copy is known to exist, discovered by a 12-year-old Scottish ...
Hindustan Times4d
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
Documents declassified in 2014 showed that Britain considered Gordievsky so valuable that Thatcher sought to cut a deal with Moscow: If Gordievsky’s wife and daughters were allowed to join him ...
Evening Chronicle15d
Rare 50p coin on sale for over £20,000 with famous British author honoured on reverse
The listing describes it as "a very rare British decimal coin featuring a design inspired by the beloved Beatrix Potter story". The story in question is The Tailor of Gloucester, one of the iconic ...
Racing Post3d
Troubled Cheltenham a distant memory as Fergal O'Brien scoops valuable prizes across Britain
For one reason and another, Fergal O'Brien didn't get the Cheltenham Festival he was hoping for, but things could hardly have gone better since the circus moved on from Prestbury Park. The ...
The Tribune4d
Britain’s most valuable Cold War spy inside KGB dies at 86
Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain, has died. He was 86. Gordievsky died March 4 in England ...