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Special Features

These are some articles of special interest that you could find useful.
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	Arts across the UK in 2008 If you're coming to the UK you may want to visit a snazzy new website, which has details of the arts events coming up during 2008.
	All eyes on David (May) St David, from the sixth century, was a teetotal, vegetarian monk who believed in unrelenting physical labour.
	Bringing the Isles to the Islands with www.britain4pacifickids.org The British High Commission in New Zealand has created a website for children of the Pacific Islands launched earlier this year.
	Photos from Capital E The Britain 4 Kiwi Kids Climate Change Poster Competition winners were shown at Capital E from 9 - 31 January 2008.
	Rocket to the Moon (March) UK-led MoonLite aims to finish what the Apollo missions started. MoonLite, is a lunar rocket scheduled to launch in 2013.
	How UK firms can exploit new climate-friendly technology (February) In a low carbon economy, a new report says British firms are well-placed to exploit the business opportunities on offer.
	Catching the tide (February) An innovative tidal turbine is making waves in the energy industry.
	Chinese celebrate their New Year (February) The Chinese community in the UK celebrate their New Year with events countrywide.
	National Year of Reading (January) The 2008 National Year of Reading (NYR) has kicked off celebrating reading in all its forms.
	Britain 4 Kiwi Kids Climate Change Poster winners shown at Capital E from 9 - 31 January 2008 (Also see: Photos from Capital E)
	Beatles return home to celebrate their city (January) Rock and roll icons Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will both be celebrating Liverpool's year as the European City of Culture during 2008.
	Merging creative design with business (January) The UK's Cranfield University and University of the Arts London have joined forces to provide new opportunities for creative design and technology experts.
	DVD market on the rise (January) The UK DVD market has seen a record boost in sales, thanks to a range of successful British films, over the last few years.
	You can find previous articles in our Archived Special Features.