From 8 November 2001-24 March 2002, The British Museum had an exhibit named “ Agatha Christie and Archaeology: Mystery in Mesopotamia ”, which presented a fascinating look at the secret life of Agatha Christie and the influences of archaeology in her life and works.

In August 2002, the Armenian government sold an 80 percent stake in the Armenian Electricity Network ( AEN ) to Midland Resources, a British offshore-registered firm which is said to have close Russian connections.

* Bob Brunning ( 1986 ), Blues: The British Connection, London: Helter Skelter, 2002.

British Museum Press, 2002.

British architects Brenda and Robert Vale have said that, as of 2002, " It is quite possible in all parts of Australia to construct a ' house with no bills ', which would be comfortable without heating and cooling, which would make its own electricity, collect its own water and deal with its own waste ... These houses can be built now, using off-the-shelf techniques.

Queen Boadicea features in the opening lyrics of the song " The Good Old Days " written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat for British rock band The Libertines from their 2002 album " Up the bracket ", the line reads, " If Queen Boadicea is long dead and gone, Still then the spirit in her children's children's children, it lives on ".

Formally, as per the 2002 Memorandum of Understanding between the BSI and the United Kingdom Government, British Standards are defined as:

Other British comedies examined the role of the Asian community in British life, including Bhaji on the Beach ( 1993 ), East Is East ( 1999 ), Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ), Anita and Me ( 2003 ) and Death at a Funeral.

Dense sponsored the British University Snowsports Council in 2002 and the British Snowboard Junior team in 2002 and 2003.

* 1920 – George Porter, British chemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 2002 )

On February 21, 2008, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted that two US extraordinary rendition flights refuelled on Diego Garcia in 2002.

* 1939 – Eric Flynn, British actor and singer ( d. 2002 )

The turn of the century saw a more commercial Asian British cinema develop, starting with East is East ( 1999 ) and continuing with Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ).

During this period it was the title sponsor for the Australian GP ( 1986 – 1993 and 2002 – 2006 ), the British GP ( 1990 – 1993 and 2000 – 2006 ) and the San Marino GP ( 2003 – 2006 ).

* 1915 – Phyllis Calvert, British actress ( d. 2002 )

In March 2002 workers cataloguing archives of diarist John Evelyn at the British Library found a box containing a number of gunpowder samples, including a compressed bar with a note in Evelyn's handwriting stating that it had belonged to Guy Fawkes.

The British film 28 Days Later ( 2002 ) featured an update on the genre with The Return of the Living Dead ( 1985 ) style of aggressive zombie.

* Simon Schama, A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC – 1603 AD BBC / Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6 ; TV series A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603 – 1776 BBC / Miramax, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6 ; A History of Britain-The Complete Collection on DVD BBC 2002

Published 2002 for the British Academy by Oxford University Press

Jersey pounds per US dollar-0. 55 ( 2005 ), 0. 6981 ( January 2002 ), 0. 6944 ( 2001 ), 0. 6596 ( 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound.

* 1941 – Tony Anholt, British actor ( d. 2002 )

Charles Martin " Chuck " Jones ( September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002 ) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.

* 1920 – Kurt Schaffenberger, American comics artist ( d. 2002 )

* 1918 – Clinton Adams, American artist ( d. 2002 )

* 1927 – John Buscema, American comics artist ( d. 2002 )

Other games which feature graffiti include Bomb the World ( 2004 ), an online graffiti simulation created by graffiti artist Klark Kent where users can virtually paint trains at 20 locations worldwide, and Super Mario Sunshine ( 2002 ), in which the hero, Mario must clean the city of graffiti left by the villain, Bowser Jr. in a plotline which evokes the successes of the Anti-Graffiti Task Force of New York's Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ( a manifestation of " broken window theory ") or those of the " Graffiti Blasters " of Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley.

As the influential result of his position as the chief cartoon artist for Punch ( published 1841 – 1992, 1996 – 2002 ), John Tenniel, through satirical, often radical and at times vitriolic images of the world, for five decades was and remained Great Britain ’ s steadfast social witness to the sweeping national changes in that nation ’ s moment of political and social reform.

* 2002 – Kevyn Aucoin, American makeup artist and photographer ( b. 1962 )

Shang-Chi had two more short series: the Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black graphic novel ( 1990 ) and the MAX miniseries Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse ( 2002 ) ( with artist Paul Gulacy on art again ).

* 2002 – Frank McCarthy, American artist and painter ( b. 1924 )

In 2002, DC Comics introduced a villain named Onomatopoeia, an athlete, martial artist and weapons expert who often speaks sounds.

Nixon continued drawing it until his death in October 2002, though due to the strips being drawn months in advance, his strips continued appearing in the Beano until the end of January 2003 when artist Barrie Appleby took over.

A 2½ story high " Tree of Life " sculpture by Wisconsin artist Nancy Metz White was installed in Mitchell Boulevard Park in Milwaukee in 2002.

** Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian poet and artist ( d. 2002 )

* Pie in the Sky the Brigid Berlin Story ( 2002 ) features a reunion between former resident Brigid Berlin and the artist Richard Bernstein at the Hotel.

Also in 2002, hip hop artist Juha released an album called Polari, with the chorus of the title song written entirely in the slang.

* Ginger Riley Munduwalawala ( c. 1937 – 2002 ), Australian Aboriginal artist

Choi Hong Hi ( 9 November 1918 – 15 June 2002 ), also known as General Choi, was a South Korean army general and martial artist who is a controversial figure in the history of the Korean martial art of taekwondo.

Ralph Rumney ( 5 June 1934 – 6 March 2002 ) was an English artist, born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Kevyn Aucoin ( February 14, 1962 – May 7, 2002 ) was an American make-up artist and photographer.

* O < sub > 2 </ sub > ( Tonéx album ), the second album by gospel artist Tonéx, released in 2002

* Kieron Williamson ( born c. 2002 ), landscape artist

Since 2002, Deeble's house has served as a gallery called the Garden of Isis, exhibiting works made from recycled materials by visual artist Mri-Pilar.

In 2002 the Vicksburg Riverfront murals program was begun by Louisiana mural artist Robert Dafford and his team on the floodwall located on the waterfront in downtown.

The Sag Harbor-North Haven Bridge, renamed The LCpl Jordan Haerter Veterans ' Memorial Bridge in November 2008, is notable as the site of Pop artist Ray Johnson's presumed suicide in 1995 as well as two abortive suicide attempts by monologist Spalding Gray, in September 2002 and October 2003.