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The ''Happy List'' is a list of 100 people in the United Kingdom "who give back, volunteer, and who make Britain a better balanced, happier country." It has been published annually in April by the ''Independent on Sunday'', a British national Sunday newspaper, since 2008. The BBC welcomed the first Happy List as "an antidote" to the Sunday Times Rich List, a longer-standing institution which is published on the same day.〔(UK's super-rich 'getting richer' ), BBC News, 27 April 2008〕 Following widespread comment in the UK and abroad, the ''Independent'' announced a week later that it would make the Happy List an annual fixture.〔(The IoS happy list will now be an annual fixture ), ''IoS'', 4 May 2008〕 The ''Wall Street Journal'' floated the idea of a Happy List for the United States,〔(Should Rich Lists Be Replaced by Happy Lists? ), "The Wealth Report", WSJ, 28 April 2008〕 but this was not taken up.〔 The newspaper accepts that the list is an artificial exercise, but seeks to celebrate people representing much-needed values, in the hope that they will be seen as role models.〔(The IoS Happy List 2009 - the 100 )〕 ==The first Happy List== The first list included Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, cricketer and fundraiser Ian Botham, and author and philanthropist J. K. Rowling.〔 Notably, the first happy list also included the character Tinky Winky from ''Teletubbies'', a popular British children's show. The ''WSJ'' noted that the list included wealthy individuals such as Duncan Bannatyne, quoting his opinion that "Britain’s rich don’t do enough for good causes."〔 It also included ten less well-known people who had featured in Gordon Brown's 2007 book, co-authored with Community Links, with a somewhat similar aim, ''Britain's Everyday Heroes''.〔(Independent on Sunday "Happy List" ), Community Links, 28 April 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Happy List」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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