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British and colour
Composed largely of British World War I veterans, the unit's nickname arose from the colour of the improvised khaki uniforms initially worn by its members.
* French-derived words that in American English end with-or and-er, such as color or center, retain British spellings ( colour, honour and centre ).
The IRA later claimed that their target was a colour guard of British soldiers.
The Britannica generally prefers British spelling over American ; for example, it uses colour ( not color ), centre ( not center ), and encyclopaedia ( not encyclopedia ).
The first university in modern India was setup by the British in Calcutta in 1861 as a means of spreading western philosophical thought among the elite in India and to create in the words of Lord Macaulcay, “ a class of Indians who would be Indian in blood and colour but western in thought and ideas .” This initiative was furthered by the passing of the Universities Act of 1904.
British colonizers instituted segregation based on skin colour: Whites were first-class citizens, Indians ( who had been brought to Kenya to work on the East African Railway as slaves, were second-class citizens, and native Kenyans were third-class citizens.
Their emphasis on colour and light, truth and social realism brought about a revolution in British art.
Other coins using a curve of constant width include the 7-sided British twenty pence and fifty pence coins ( the latter of which has similar size and value to the loonie, but is silver in colour ).
British culinary expert Delia Smith described maple syrup as " a unique ingredient, smooth-and silky-textured, with a sweet, distinctive flavour hints of caramel with overtones of toffee will not do and a rare colour, amber set alight.
Similarly, in British law the phrase racial group means " any group of people who are defined by reference to their race, colour, nationality ( including citizenship ) or ethnic or national origin ".
By the time the island was surrendered to the British in 1797 the population had increased to 17, 643: 2, 086 whites, 1, 082 free people of colour, 1, 082 Amerindians, and 10, 009 African slaves.
In 1920, the silver content of all British coins was reduced from 92. 5 % to 50 %, with a portion of the remainder consisting of manganese, which caused the coins to tarnish to a very dark colour after they had been in circulation for a significant period.
Since in the British Army, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Marines and the Royal Navy there are several types of colours, there are also colour guards for these colours and these colours and their CG's are as follows:
Aside from presenting arms and sabres British and Commonwealth colour guards are expected to lower their flags to the ground in full and regular salutes in ceremonies and parades.
British Shorthairs can be bred in " self " or " solid ", which are all one colour, as well as the colourpoint, tabby, shaded and bicolour patterns.
John Hinde, the British photographer, used saturated colour and meticulously planned his photographs, which made his postcards of the later twentieth century become collected and admired as kitsch.
The main drink in a British working men's cafe is usually tea, especially " builder's tea " ( a nickname for a mug of strong black tea, such as English breakfast tea, usually served with milk and sugar and is typically robust and flavourful with a brisk character and a dark red colour ).
In the British Army, when trooping the colour, the " British Grenadiers March " is played no matter which regiment is on the parade ground, as the colour party stands at the right-hand end of the line, and every regiment formerly had a company of grenadiers at the right of their formation.
In the trenches of World War One, Johnson's name was used by British troops to describe the impact of German 150 mm heavy artillery shells which had a black colour.
Similarly, in British law the phrase racial group means " any group of people who are defined by reference to their race, colour, nationality ( including citizenship ) or ethnic or national origin ".
Until the introduction of amber coloured Whitbread Gold Label in the 1950s, British barley wines were always dark in colour.

British and television
* Adrian Chiles ( born 1967 ), British television and radio presenter
* Adrian Hodges, British television and film writer
* 1949 Paul Gambaccini, British radio and television presenter
* 1967 Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
* Associated British Corporation, a former British film and television company
( Howerd went on to star in Up Pompeii !, a 1969 British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii, as the slave Lurcio, whose character was based on Pseudolus.
In 1992, David Thacker directed a British television adaptation with Juliet Stevenson, Trevor Eve and David Calder.
Category: 1970s British television series
Category: 1974 in British television
Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series, including Dad's Army and On the Buses.
Some tracks and demos from the album ( initially planned for release in 2008 ) were leaked on the internet in 2006, and a documentary entitled The Return of Courtney Love, detailing the making of the album, aired on the British television network in the fall of that year.
Graves's two books were the basis for a British television adaptation produced by the BBC.
On television, the actor Freddie Jones portrayed Claudius in the 1968 British television series The Caesars while the 1985 made-for-television miniseries A. D. features actor Richard Kiley as Claudius.
* Class ( TV series ), a British television programme, which airs on CBBC
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began transmission on 2 November 1982.
* Anthony Crank, British television presenter
Coronation Street is a British television soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford.
Since first being aired, it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV and its franchise Granada Television.
" became widely heard on British television for the first time.
" Rather, remember that Elsie, Ena and Co. were the first of their kind ever seen on British television.
Clive Anderson ( born 10 December 1952 ) is a British former barrister, best known for being a comedy writer as well as a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom.
Five months after the release of Tommy, The Kinks released another concept album, Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) ( September 1969 ), written by Ray Davies ; though considered by some a rock opera, it was originally conceived as the score for a proposed but never realised BBC television drama.
By the late 1970s, two and a half million British homes received their television service via cable.

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