Hacker News with Generative AI: Britain

British rebellion against Roman legions caused by drought, research finds (theguardian.com)
A series of exceptionally dry summers that caused famine and social breakdown were behind one of the most severe threats to Roman rule of Britain, according to new academic research.

History, Archaeology, Climate Change, Britain, Roman Empire

29 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 21 comments

Subterranea Britannica (subbrit.org.uk)
We're fascinated by man-made and man-used underground places — from mines to railway tunnels, military defences to nuclear bunkers and everything in between. Join us and explore...

Underground, History, Exploration, Architecture, Britain

4 points by bookofjoe 8 days ago | 0 comments

Why does Britain feel so poor? (martinrobbins.substack.com)
Britain is a rich country with the world’s 6th largest economy and the highest tax income for decades, which raises a simple question - why do we seem so broke?

Economy, Britain, Politics, Inequality

186 points by prawn 22 days ago | 389 comments

Iron Age hoard found in North Yorkshire could change Britain's history (theguardian.com)
One of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago.

Archaeology, History, Britain, Iron Age

6 points by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 32 days ago | 0 comments

Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways (cnn.com)

Britain, Transportation, Infrastructure, Economics

61 points by peutetre 157 days ago | 135 comments

Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find (cnn.com)

History, Archaeology, Treasure, Britain, Norman Conquest

162 points by ChumpGPT 185 days ago | 82 comments

Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain (2016) (bbc.com)
As the clocks go forward for the start of British Summer Time, many of us will rue the loss of an hour in bed. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks?

History, Britain, Culture, Work

109 points by DrZootron 189 days ago | 86 comments

Sausages: An Anthology (wordpress.com)
For no particular reason, here are some extracts from British fiction about sausages. The first few are primarily about breakfast – the real thing, not that Full English Breakfast that was invented by marketing people.

Food, Literature, Culture, Britain

55 points by autokill 206 days ago | 7 comments

The Katsuification of Britain (vittlesmagazine.com)

Food, Culture, Britain

111 points by colinprince 250 days ago | 98 comments

Britain's nuclear submarine software built by Belarusian engineers (telegraph.co.uk)

Britain, Nuclear Submarines, Software, Belarus

7 points by agomez314 264 days ago | 0 comments

Stigma against benefits has made devastating poverty acceptable in Britain (phys.org)

Poverty, Social Issues, Britain, Welfare

48 points by tapper 302 days ago | 18 comments

Britain's second-largest city is forced to cut sanitation due to bankruptcy (abc.net.au)