"There are two people who want to talk to you about a high-level agent penetration of Britain." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was now an Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pool there, and Oakway had also become the biggest parachute training center in Britain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The next Saturday news of a truly stunning failure stuttered through the submarine cable that linked Britain and America. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tizard’s formation of a committee to study the theory under the leadership of G. P. Thomson, son of the legendary J. J. Thomson, marked the start of organized atom bomb research in Britain. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One surprising finding about mobility is that it is not higher in the United States than in Britain or France. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to say something, but Britain pipes up first. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Britain and France finally faced the fact that Germany would continue gobbling up territory until stopped by force. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Hawaii, I heard some of what had happened in the campaign to take the far end of New Britain Island so that Rabaul could be under attack from both sides. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fiery pain in their muscles became unbearable, they clung to the side of the cliff and rested, thinking of what their trainers in Britain had taught them: Never look down. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

During a state visit to Washington early in the new year, British prime minister Anthony Eden proposed that the United States and Great Britain unilaterally suspend testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Soon after the king was put to death, revolutionary France was at war with Great Britain, Holland, Spain, and Austria. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In Ulster, they created a Protestant presence within a predominantly Catholic nation and gave Britain a foothold for its efforts to expand its empire. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The citizens of London sent fifty million pounds, to keep the menagerie up, and the ladies of Britain constructed a pair of black velvet carpet slippers with the Waifs initials embroidered in gold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One interesting activity is to quickly draw a rough outline of the US at the time it gained independence from Britain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

And why seeing that picture in Carl’s old house—more specifically, her in it—has made it so hard for me to “fake the funk,” as Britain would say. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

As Great Britain’s self-confidence grew, its people began more and more to identify with God’s chosen people, the Israelites of the Old Testament, whose destiny the British were more than happy to appropriate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He told of Roman legions who had come to Britain centuries before, and of Saxon and Danish kings who in turn had ruled their land. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When Bede wrote a history of the church in Britain, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, he used the new calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lately, Britain’s taken to referring to all his guy friends as a women’s undergarment. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

If he was right, the image would soon be repeated all over Britain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Thus, details of geography have made Japan more isolated and, therefore, even more distinctive culturally than Britain. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although the scientific panel had proposed informing Britain, France, China, and Russia, in practical terms the real question boiled down to what to tell the Soviets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Hope you’re having a nice trip. You picked an awkward time to visit Britain.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On September 3, 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany, but it was too late for the Poles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could speak at length about the struggle between Britain and czarist Russia over Afghanistan. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

If we knew nothing else about language distributions and history, we might have guessed that the English language arose in North America and was carried overseas to Britain and Australia by colonists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Britain decided to call in a favor from their bestie: the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

To invade and overwhelm the indigenous Irish in Ulster, the British Crown called upon recruits from Scotland, which Britain had already invaded and colonized. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Come huddle up with us, Miss Jupiter,” Britain says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

On May 10, 1940, the Nazis entered France, and six weeks later, France surrendered, leaving Britain alone to fight the Germans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I keep it there as I turn back to Britain. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Elizabeth Cady Stanton returned to the United States, her friends and family asked what had impressed her most about her honeymoon tour of Great Britain and France. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Around Britain and across the world, war raged. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In 1949, West Germany became an independent state, ruled by a democratic form of government modeled after those of the United States, Britain, and France. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they’ll never replace brooms in Britain, will they?” said Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He invited Britain to join his forces if they chose, but it was to be an Indigenous-led resistance and his fighters would not take orders from British commanders. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Navajos on New Britain Island not only sent messages by radio and telephone, sometimes they even carried them by hand, running from one position to another. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Germany wanted to stoke unrest there to weaken Britain and distract it from the war in Europe. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tom Crean, another Irishman and a tough sailor, had also been south with Shackleton before, and proudly wore Britain’s snow-white Polar Medal on his jacket. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Being in Scotland, I knew the audience was going to cheer extra loud for the gymnast from Great Britain, who was finishing up on floor right as I mounted the beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even countries that had won the war, such as Britain and France, had crippling debts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He and Britain stand and throw their arms around each other’s shoulders, leaving a gap for me to join them in a three-man huddle. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“God bless His Excellency! God give Tanzania and Gabon strength! God destroy Nigeria and Britain and Egypt and Algeria and Russia! In the mighty name of Jesus!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After all, like you say, Britain lost a lot in that war too.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As mentioned earlier, there is also firm evidence for regular sea trade between some of these islands, such as New Ireland and New Britain. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody but Flider would have dared to suggest that such cooperation turned Churchill or Roosevelt into Communists or Communist tools, or that Britain and America were working to bring about a Communist world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we were taking Bougainville, General Mac- Arthur’s forces would be landing on the western end of New Britain Island at Cape Gloucester to establish a new airfield there, too. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One issue outlined horrific prophecies, graphically illustrated, of what Armstrong predicted would be World War III, when the United States and Great Britain would be destroyed by a United States of Europe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Britain sucks his teeth and glares at Shanna, who sticks her tongue out at him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rich benefited from the new industry and from Great Britain’s burgeoning empire. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My year in Britain came to an end and I rushed to ‘come home.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secretary of State Dulles fretted that it would prompt objections from Great Britain and France. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Britain and France were strong enough to stand in Hitler’s way—but they caved in to his threats, hoping to preserve peace in Europe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some Argie diplomat in New York, still harping on about the Belgrano being outside the zone, said Britain no longer rules the waves, it just waives the rules. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“So, Coop…,” Britain says, picking up the remote and hitting Mute. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Both guys climb down from the truck cab—Well, Britain climbs down. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Later, in 1764, as tensions between Great Britain and the American colonists increased to an even greater degree, the English parliament passed the Sugar Act. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Over in Britain, the world’s first national broadcaster, the BBC, came into being in 1922, ushering in an age when music would come to belong to everyone, everywhere, often enjoyed completely for free. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Britain had to turn to the Hanovarian George as King because they had run out of Stuarts; although Anne had 17 children only one survived infancy, and he died in 1700. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the international front, Oliver held talks with the governments of Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and in January 1987 met with the U.S. secretary of state, George Shultz, in Washington. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke fluent English, because he had lived for several years in Britain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Britain takes a seat on the floor with his back against the bed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Britain and France send a stern warning to Hitler, promising to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even before the war, a third of all homes in Great Britain alone had a record player. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When I open the front door, Britain and Golly look on the verge of bursting. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Decades after first touching the Americas, London’s venture capitalists still hadn’t figured out that New England is colder than Britain despite being farther south. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Britain closes his eyes and stretches his arms out like he’s standing in the midst of one. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Otherwise what happened to Alex Williams on New Britain Island could have happened to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Britain’s Royal Air Force, in a gallant and furious fight against the Luftwaffe, turned out to be a stronger opponent than Germany had expected. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The NSA had instructed him to patch up fraying relations with Britain’s intelligence community—and also to lay the groundwork for spying on America’s enemies, as well as some of its closest friends. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Golly and Britain make panicked eye contact and then look at me as Coop trots over from his house. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We call this land of ours Great Britain, and there may be those who believe this a somewhat immodest practice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of French prisoners of war are shipped to Germany for forced labor in the German countryside, and Hitler sends the Luftwaffe to bomb Britain. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But, Aglavale, I am trying to make a new law in Britain, by which people don’t have to go on shedding young blood for ever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many other nations have now launched spacecraft, including Britain, France, Canada, Japan and China, the society that invented the rocket in the first place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This isn’t quite as good, although it has its own song: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the plateau, the team would set up camp, scout routes to the target, radio weather reports back to Britain, and light up a landing strip on the edge of a frozen lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, along with Britain. Britain has also declared war.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Thus Mozart, an Austrian writing largely Italian-flavoured music, thought of himself as a natural successor to Handel, a German trained in Italy who settled in Britain. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

K. Fuchs, Lamphere learned, was Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British physicist who joined the Manhattan Project with a team from Great Britain. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My English friends, an endangered species in these days, they say to me, ‘Eva, in Great Britain your “Madame” is too onions-and-béret. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But not even Hoover had any inkling about the mole—or secret Soviet agent—hiding in the top ranks of Great Britain's spy agency, MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since Washington had spent eight years sending American soldiers to their death in battle against Great Britain, one might expect that he harbored even more hostile opinions toward his former adversary. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I learned that he is a Muslim, a Bosnian, a survivor of the Balkans conflict, who came to Britain as a fifteen-year-old refugee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1610 Britain alone had about two hundred vessels operating off Newfoundland and New England; hundreds more came from France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In 1630 John Winthrop led what was then the largest party of would-be colonists from Britain—some seven hundred people—to Massachusetts, where they founded the city of Boston. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Although the United States was still officially neutral, it was lending aid to Britain, then under Nazi assault by air and sea. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

While 80 percent of Japan’s land area consists of mountains unsuitable for agriculture and only 14 percent is farmland, per square mile of that farmland Japan supports a population density eight times that of Britain’s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I open it, Britain and Golly are standing on the other side. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

After putting together all their leads, the Allies swung into action, with Britain taking charge. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Other than a few FBI officials, Hoover had only shared this intelligence with America's closest ally, Great Britain. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Britain is teaching a group of eyelash-batting middle school girls how to make spiral staircase friendship bracelets—something I taught him just yesterday. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Reading the letters, I was alternately thrilled that so many people had bothered to write and sunk low by such overwhelming evidence of Britain’s stupidity and indifference. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Congress’s rejection of funds to develop a supersonic transport in 1971, the world’s continued rejection of an efficiently designed typewriter keyboard, and Britain’s long reluctance to adopt electric lighting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Laboratory tests revealed that the obsidian they used was brought from deposits on New Britain, an island 250 miles away. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some years later when the colonies began fighting to separate from Britain, the Cherokee again found themselves in the middle of warring nations seeking to enlist them as allies. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

After his release from captivity in 1948, Henry Metelmann spent a short time in Germany and then returned to Britain, where he married, had two children, and worked on the railways. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

United States and Britain were totally at fault. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was already on my way to being drawn into the black elite that Britain sought to create in Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smuts spoke about the importance of supporting Great Britain against the Germans and the idea that England stood for the same Western values that we, as South Africans, stood for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Finally, to repeat what we were all told in Britain,” added Ronneberg, “if any man is wounded, or about to be taken prisoner, he ends his own life.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Delawares were on the receiving end of some of the worst violence against Indigenous peoples during the separatists’ war against Britain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

No offense to you, of course, but I have to go with Britain on this one.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Great Britain stood alone in the war against Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The South African government had powerful allies in Great Britain and the United States who were content to maintain the status quo. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Britain’s ability to read Enigma was a vital war secret, and they had gone to great lengths to protect it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The London Times of Great Britain pointed out the folly of the United States in the face of serious international threats. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Today, by far the largest number of people whose first language is English live in North America, with others scattered over the globe in Britain, Australia, and other countries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry supposed that as Hogsmeade was the only all-wizard village in Britain, it was a bit of a haven for creatures like hags, who were not as adept as wizards at disguising themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Scientists in Britain had found a few people who seemed particularly adept at multitasking—potential supertaskers—for Dr. Strayer to put through the paces. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘I read some interesting figures yesterday. If everyone in Britain gave up smoking, the National Health Service would save—’ ‘Ted!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see the poster on Miss Jupiter’s closet? That right there is Freddie Mercury,” Britain goes on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

This was according to Ruth Werner’s instructions—before leaving Britain, she had told him where and when to meet his American contact. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

During those revolutionary years, Boston was the springboard of the rebellion against Great Britain, and the center of activity was the North End. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Golly’s just made it inside, but before Britain hops in, he turns to Coop. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When the thirteen colonies rebelled against Britain, no one raised this question.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists are familiar with such monumental structures from sites around the world—the best-known example is Stonehenge in Britain. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rise of a middle class - and a growing, wage-earning working class, as London’s industry expanded - was to have a greater effect on changing musical tastes in Britain than the whims of aristocratic patrons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“He is in Britain. Our contact in Sweden tells us that he has been taken across the North Sea in a fighter plane. And what do you think he is doing there?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great Britain was preparing to join the war against Germany. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And that's when the CIA and Britain's Secret Intelligence Service decided to buddy up and formulate a secret coup to overthrow Mossadegh. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The United States accounted for 125 of these; the Russians, 44; and Great Britain, 21. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Because the United States and Britain were now fighting together, Elizebeth turned to British code breakers for help. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This isn’t quite as good, although it has its own song: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 1869, Harvard met Britain’s most elite institution, Oxford, in a match on the Thames. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But it is only a little exaggeration to claim that everywhere that liberty is cherished—Britain to Bangladesh, Sweden to Soweto—people are children of the Haudenosaunee and their neighbors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This was Great Britain’s announcement that it would test its first thermonuclear device over Christmas Island that spring. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Throughout the modern, thinking world, but especially in Britain, men of learning ventured into the countryside to do a little "stone-breaking," as they called it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Britain and France had promised to protect Poland—they had no choice but to declare war on Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, this game is a repeat and you already know who won,” from Britain. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A different mechanism seems to operate in a number of patients, both in America and Great Britain, who are suffering from a chronic form of leukemia. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I understand. Not to be mentioned in Little Britain,” said I. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of his life he would be draped with plaudits and honors, becoming, among much else, the first person in Britain knighted for scientific achievement. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Rae, tell Brit you like me more than him,” he replies from beneath me, rotating so I’m looking down at Britain. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Just as he’d been in Britain, Fuchs was a bit of a loner in New York. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the air, Allied planes based in Great Britain were raining bombs on German cities and industrial sites, killing tens of thousands of civilians. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Robert Lincoln served as secretary of war and minister to Great Britain and then worked as general counsel and president of the Pullman Company. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By then, he had already returned to Britain to take up a professorship at the University of Manchester. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As Grindelwald never extended his campaign of terror to Britain, however, the details of his rise to power are not widely known here. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Still wrapped, brah,” Britain says once Coop is far enough away not to hear him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was before the disastrous May when the Allies fled, retreating to the French beaches, before the siege that was the Battle of Britain, before the thunder and flame-filled nights of the Blitz. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The arms and advice that Britain gave Nigeria shaped other countries. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Over the North Sea in Britain’s Victorian empire, artists, writers and composers were dredging Albion’s Arthurian roots, too. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“What about America or Britain?” asked Mrs. Rimas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Britain stops in the middle of putting on his shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson was horrified and furious when he saw the assignments—lane one: Germany; lane two: Italy; lane three: Switzerland; lane four: Hungary; lane five: Great Britain; and lane six: the United States of America. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The English rangers who had trained to fight like Highlanders were essential to Britain’s invasion of Florida in 1739. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In Britain and the British Empire the Gregorian calendar, the calendar we use now, was introduced by law in 1752. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Great Britain delivered locomotives and ship models, including an exquisite thirty-foot replica of Britain’s latest warship, Victoria, so detailed that even the links of chain in its handrails were to scale. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Great Britain had faded to the rear of the field, essentially tied with the United States for last place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As part of the British Empire, India was contributing both men and supplies to Britain’s war effort. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Later, during their war for independence from Britain, the separatists relied on militias to fight the British and their Indigenous allies. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Second Reform Act of 1867 had given working-class men in Britain the right to vote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The plan was to knock Quisling unconscious, drive him into the mountains, call Britain for a plane, fly him to London, and put him on display in a cage. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A German attack on Poland, they warned, would mean war with Britain and France. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul was arrested at least seven times in Great Britain and jailed at least three times. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The pace of life in North America is different from Britain as you will soon discover,” the guidebook informed me. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shanna heads off in a different direction with the girl who usually flies for Britain, and the three people who came in another car are already in line for the Tilt-a-Whirl. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Intelligence was still coming in from Klaus Fuchs in Britain, and it was good stuff. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Britain says, and Golly adds, “Good to see you, Dr. Chin! Happy New Year!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

By 1942, the Nazi subs were so successful that Britain, which had to import much of its food, was in danger of starvation. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I read how, entering India—half a billion deeply religious brown people—the British white man, by 1759, through promises, trickery and manipulations, controlled much of India through Great Britain’s East India Company. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps as a result, Britain throughout its history has been much more closely enmeshed with mainland Europe than has Japan with mainland Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the war, Fuchs had returned to Britain and continued working for the government. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert dove deep into chemistry and physics in high school, graduated from Harvard University in 1925, then earned advanced degrees at top universities in Britain and Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he was planning was beyond belief, a mass murder that would destroy Britain for generations to come. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She said university women kept framed photos of their student days in Ibadan and Britain and America on their shelves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At first, Japan might seem to be geographically very similar to Britain, both being large archipelagoes flanking the Eurasian continent on the east and the west respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked over the eighteen heavy water machines—they looked exactly like the ones he’d trained on back in Britain. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The destruction of Britain’s forests has been suggested as the reason behind its early lead in developing coal technology, but why didn’t deforestation have the same effect in China? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

During the war with Britain, representatives of the colonies that were seeking independence created a governing document they called the Articles of Confederation. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Trolls originated in Scandinavia but these days they may be found in Britain, Ireland and other areas of northern Europe. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now here I am, pulling into the driveway of her two-story brick colonial at one of those ungodly hours during which, according to Britain, “the only thing open is legs.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They knew that Germany did not yet have sufficient military strength to survive a war with either France or Britain, let alone the two of them combined. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He got excellent exam results and—here’s an amazing coincidence—at the age of fifteen he actually found himself sitting next to a boy who would grow up to become prime minister of Great Britain. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On August 24, 1940, the Germans attacked London, the capital city of Britain. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The United States was already on the verge of war with Great Britain, and this development was cause for more alarm. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The committee, created by the Continental Congress, was really a spy agency, set up “for the sole purpose of Corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland and other parts of the world.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As previously discussed in chapter 2, Britain’s colonization of Indigenous lands in North America was foreshadowed by its colonization of the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The colonial state was authoritarian, a benignly brutal dictatorship designed to benefit Britain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In comparison, the disappointments experienced by Britain’s eighteen scattered observers were mild. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

After several months, Hitler conceded that the British air force was superior to Germany’s, making an invasion of Britain impossible at this time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example, wild flax occurs west to Britain and Algeria and east to the Caspian Sea, while wild barley occurs east even to Tibet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, issued an ultimatum to Hitler: If he dared to invade Poland, Britain would declare war on Nazi Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

English visitors did not find this arrangement peculiar; chimneys were just coming into use in Britain, and most homes there, including those of the wealthy, were still heated by fires beneath central roof holes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Merlyn, before letting her lock him up in the cave, had given the Matter of Britain into her hands. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

William and Mary actually gained the throne as a result of a full-scale invasion of Britain, seizing London by force, even if it was largely bloodless and welcomed by many. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The air raids became known as the Battle of Britain. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Important historically, these were the free people encountered by France and Britain—personifications of democratic self-government so vivid that some historians and activists have argued that the Great Law of Peace directly inspired the U.S. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The North Carolina government—half of which crowded into Garrison’s dining room that night—purchased existing slaves from farmers at favorable rates, just as Great Britain had done when it abolished slavery decades ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I often forget how observant Britain can be. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Britain extends his elbow, and I drape my arm inside it and let him lead me around to the passenger side. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The largest number in any dwelling in Britain, I believe. Over a hundred.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Slavery had been outlawed in Britain in 1807, but it still caused contention among some of the British upper class. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

France did not want to openly support America and risk being attacked by Britain. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sides were set for the biggest and deadliest war in history—the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union led the Allied Powers against the Axis Powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best chance of getting it safely to Britain was to pack it in huge crates and send it by sea. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Our idiot government should break ranks with Britain too. We must take a stand! Why is Britain not doing more in Rhodesia? What bloody difference will limp economic sanctions make?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You go right ahead, Miss Jupiter,” Britain says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

During the war for settler independence from Britain, the Ulster Scots were in the forefront of the struggle and formed the backbone of George Washington’s fighting forces. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

During the first two decades after the war for independence from Britain, large numbers of first- and second-generation Ulster Scots moved westward into the Ohio Valley, western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Britain’s waving his hand in front of my face, and I send a silent prayer of thanks to the universe for his inebriation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

H. G. Wells was visiting the United States on a speaking tour to encourage American support for Britain in the war against Germany. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The far north of the Isle of Britain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

To be sure, the Pilgrims had intended to make most of their livelihood not by farming but by catching fish for export to Britain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Britain and France had hereditary nobilities; Britain still has a queen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the summer of 1940, the Nazis had conquered most of Europe, and they were unleashing their bombers on Britain. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just watching the Task Force leave Plymouth and Portsmouth three weeks ago, it was obvious Great Britain was going to thrash them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he read newspaper accounts of the arrest of Klaus Fuchs in Britain, he knew it would be soon. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Britain and Russia, then. That unholy alliance will not succeed.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

These were super-light wooden planes, specially made for Britain’s Royal Air Force. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are important to a nation—like Britain or Spain—when it plans to set up colonies in an area. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In AP Language, Britain touches my arm to ask me a question, and I startle so intensely, my pencil goes flying and I almost fall out of my desk. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The pilots all looked like that in September of ’40, during the worst days of the Battle of Britain—the vicar’s lad looked like that, running out to his plane, the day he was killed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Between the two was Great Britain, a tongue of the Region licking at Europe. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

While Smuts had enlisted South Africa on the side of the Allies in World War II, the National Party refused to support Great Britain and publicly sympathized with Nazi Germany. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was illegal in wartime Britain for private citizens to use radio transmit- ters, so Werner smuggled in transmitter parts by hiding them in her children’s stuffed animals and assembled the machine at home. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Britain says, beginning a restrained two-step-type move from side to side. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The plane door opened, and out hopped Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain, a fat cigar in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feudal idea of war for ransom had been squashed in Britain, but not abroad, and now the foreign ransom-hunters were after the newly settled King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside there’s a bag of Boomchickapop kettle corn, a bottle of pineapple-coconut water, a can of Axe body spray in Peace scent, and a card Britain and Golly helped me with. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Hence the effect on society is catastrophic when state government collapses, as happened in Britain upon the removal of Roman troops, administrators, and coinage between A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There could be two hundred and fifty Woodstock Festivals of viruses sitting on that period—the combined populations of Great Britain and France— and you would never know it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson knew now which crews he was going to race against for the gold medal on the following day: Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, and Switzerland. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As part of the vanguard of European cyclotron construction, the university soon would rival the Cavendish as the hub of nuclear science in Britain. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With Britain still under attack from German bombers, they agreed the actual work of building a bomb would 4 6 be done in America. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Oji was screaming, “Shame on you! Shame on you!” at her husband, and Pastor Ambrose was praying that God scatter Britain with holy-spirit dynamite, and a child was crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despite Britain being the home of parliamentary democracy, it was that democracy that had helped inflict a pernicious system of iniquity on my people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no lights over France; it was as blacked out as Britain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In Britain, Parry’s Brahmsian lead was followed with conspicuous success by Edward Elgar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jaggers had duly sent me his address; it was, Little Britain, and he had written after it on his card, “just out of Smithfield, and close by the coach-office.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Britain crows as he approaches with red cup in hand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Britain comes over and sits next to Golly on the weight bench. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The end of the separatists’ war for independence from Britain led to a new set of circumstances for Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents named her for Great Britain’s Queen Victoria, who had taken the throne the year before. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ll call my parents. Or go to a police station, or something. I’m sure there’s a poster of my face in every precinct in Britain by now, knowing my dad.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Later that year, in September 1938, Hitler held a meeting in Munich, Germany, with the leaders of Britain, France, and Italy. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The same impression struck them in Britain, where the most groundbreaking advances were being achieved in Manchester and Cambridge with the most modest handmade gear. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As one would expect, the word caught on more rapidly in North America than in Britain, where scientists continued to have a classical education. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

England and the Kingdom, Britain and the Empire, the old prides and the old devotions, glide abeam, astern, sink down upon the horizon, pass - pass. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Britain comes to join the hug from the front. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Not long ago it was proved that Dwight D. Eisenhower was descended from the royal line of Britain, a proof if one were needed that everyone is descended from everyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Britain, “corn” can mean the principal cereal crop in a region—oats in Scotland, for example, are sometimes referred to by the term. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For centuries, people in Britain and the rest of Europe grew crops and grazed livestock on large areas of land that were not owned by anyone. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I think Britain might have a crush on Rae, though he would never admit it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

On the eve of Britain’s entry into war, every man knew he was leaving his country at a critical time, and would be out of all contact for at least a year and a half. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Seeing as Courtney and Jupiter are too lost within their little microcosm to check on measly ol’ me, I thank God for Britain in this moment. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He managed to get across the border to Sweden by bicycle and traveled from there, by plane, to Great Britain. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union sent technicians and planes to Nigeria, thrilled at the chance to influence Africa without offending America or Britain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the most striking illustration is to be found in the cooperation between Great Britain, the United States of America and the Soviet Union in the fight against Hider. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yer don't need to be Brain of Britain to work out what Badger's Dobermans was eating for those three weeks, right?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had two reasons for coming to the newly unified kingdom of Great Britain. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the early nineteenth century Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, while supervising the British occupation of Java sent two gamelan sets back to Britain, housed today in the British Museum. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The Purple machine was selected as the next gift, and William was instructed to deliver a copy to Britain. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

France dispatched thirty-two observers, Britain eighteen more, and still others set out from Sweden, Russia, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Britain, home of my ancestor Billington, was empty until about 12,500 B.C., because it was still covered by glaciers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With civilians doing this unglamorous but necessary transport work, Britain’s fighter and bomber pilots could concentrate on flying into battle against the Luftwaffe, the fearsome second-to-none German Air Force. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I look back and forth between them: Golly, the lovable giant, and Britain, who might have an issue with woman worship but is really very sweet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It stood well back from the rattle and bustle of Marlborough Street, with its glassy-eyed copper Indian on top of the cupola and its carved and colored lion and unicorn of Britain over the door. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States and Britain could not hope to keep a monopoly on nuclear technology for more than a few years, they warned. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For their preliminary, the boys from Washington were assigned to race against France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, and the crew they were most concerned about, Great Britain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In Britain, where standard usage is to leave it out, there are those who put it in - including, interestingly, Fowler's Modem English Usage. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

For many, however, warfare was a significant part of life in the decades leading up to the war for independence from Britain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The boats were approaching the five-hundred-meter mark now, a quarter of the way down the racecourse, with Switzerland, Britain, and Germany essentially tied for the lead, the U.S. and the Italian shells behind them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dad was watching a debate about whether or not Britain should have American cruise missiles on its soil. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When Britain joins this swaying motion, I get pulled into it, too, just because they’re both so much bigger than me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Britain looks at me like Do you believe this guy? and I swallow a laugh. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He’d count them off on his fingers: America the brash savior, Britain, and Israel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every state has its slogan urging its citizens to be prepared to die if necessary for the state: Britain’s “For King and Country,” Spain’s “Por Dios y Espana,” and so on. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Charles II heard the news, he decided that, as a seafaring nation, Britain had to have the necessary information as an aid to navigation, and the planned observatory became a project of the Crown. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Campbell felt the deficiency all the more sharply between 1914 and 1918, when the Great War cut off all travel to Britain and the continent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I wished that there would have been space for Her Majesty, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, to sign it too. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

About six percent of the country’s gross domestic product is spent on education, more than double the percentage of comparable spending in the United States, Japan, or Britain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Most of the proceeds, including part of Christie’s buyer’s premium, will be donated to various health and charity organizations in Britain. Basquiat Brings $41.9 Million, Even Amid Digital Gold Rush 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Britain's High Court quashed the original "accidental death" inquest verdicts on December 19 and ordered a new investigation. Hillsborough disaster tribute tops UK Christmas chart 2012-12-23T19:03:16Z

Evaristo, an experimental writer who is well established in Britain but not widely known internationally, is a more surprising choice. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Share Booker Prize 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

One tribute noted how Britain had given the writer's father shelter from Nazi Germany. An American in Queen Elizabeth's funeral queue: Why I went, and what I found there 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

"Britain is squandering its lead in science and engineering," he says. Brian Cox answers your questions about life, the universe and everything 2011-03-24T07:45:00Z

Cheering crowds jammed the sidewalks of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood on Monday for a peek at Britain's Duchess of Cambridge as she shook hands with black and Hispanic children outside a development center. Harlem cheers 'Kate, Kate!' as British duchess visits child center 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

Led by film enthusiasts from the Bristol's leftfield Cube Cinema, the project involves showing feature films and messages of support from children in Britain. Bristol cinema sets up film shows for Haiti's earthquake children 2010-03-21T18:49:00Z

I had arrived at Three Mills, said to be the oldest tidal mill in Britain, whose buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries and evoke an era when Dickens roamed London. Along London’s ‘other river,’ an art walk brightens the scenery 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

It's an oft-lamented truism that Britain never produced an artistic revolutionary of Picasso's stripe. This week's new exhibitions 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z

In 1990 when West Germany, on the verge of reunification with the East, beat England in the semifinal, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was asked how she felt about losing to Germany at Britain’s national sport. A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Stewart joked that CNN, like Britain, is a fallen and enfeebled world power. The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z

Another Ashford initiative was Resolution! – an annual open season that gives a platform to Britain's rawest, most untested talent. The Place: dreams in a drill hall 2010-05-11T21:30:00Z

In a community that includes a ward dubbed "Britain's welfare capital", it will result in many people having to represent themselves. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z

The biggest challenge to those who continue to regard TV as an inferior medium is that Britain's leading actors seem increasingly to regard the media as interchangeable. British directors: from TV drama to Hollywood 2011-02-23T21:31:00Z

Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images The staggering swiftness and scale of the implosion of News International is deftly summarised by the title: "How Murdoch Ran Britain". TV highlights 25/07/2011: How Murdoch Ran Britain: Dispatches 2011-07-24T22:00:01Z

Last week, it was announced that Britain would become the first country to make Viagra available over the counter. Viagra: the little blue pill that revolutionised our sex lives | Observer profile 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

Celebrities including Britain’s Naomi Campbell looked on from the audience of the show, held in the inner courtyard of the neoclassical Monnaie de Paris building. L'Oreal celebrates female empowerment with glamorous runway show 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

Penny dreadfuls arose in Britain the 1830s due to a growing number of readers and improved printing technology. Penny dreadfuls were the true crime podcasts of their time 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

He brought the same thoughtfulness and everyday elegance to the street furniture that will be recognised in cities across Britain. Kenneth Grange: A very British modernist 2011-07-19T16:08:16Z

It is the tallest building in Britain, even in its far-from-finished state. The Shard: A symbol of towering ambition 2011-01-30T00:05:57Z

When Casino Royale appeared, rationing still had a year to run in Britain. James Bond – a ticket to distant joys 2012-09-28T21:55:09Z

Martin, the culture minister, said that lawmakers and arts organizations in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium had made inquiries about the program.. Ireland Asks: What if Artists Could Ditch Their Day Jobs? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

There's Iman, whose third marriage is disintegrating after being brought to from war-torn Syria to Britain by her second husband. 7 must-read novels to transport you in February 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

They have an out-of-time quality that evokes rustic Britain more than either Chicago or Washington. In the galleries: Showcasing an artist’s exploration and influence 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

Jamie Oliver's The Big Feastival on Clapham Common offered punters an array of fare from Britain's omnipresent foodie brand as well as acts such as Soul II Soul, the Mystery Jets and Athlete. Dinner, party: food and music festivals in one 2011-08-10T16:23:48Z

He has stayed at his Portuguese home since the search of the property in Berkshire, southern England, and was due to return to Britain next month. British singer Cliff Richard cancels cathedral performance 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

James Campbell, who writes for The Times Literary Supplement under the pen name J.C., said he believed that prize committees for writing awards, both in the United States and Britain, were influenced by “identity approval.” Bare Lit Festival, for Minority Writers, to Make Debut in London 1458-07-11T05:00:00Z

The news is not unexpected but it is timely, for the Emperor will surely not contemplate making war with Britain once the former Queen is dead. Digested read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel 2012-05-27T18:16:01Z

In Britain, the total cost to the state of the various tax breaks to donors in 2012 was estimated by the Treasury at £3.64bn. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

With such an irresistible cocktail of scenery and values, it’s no wonder that some two million foreigners — primarily from Britain — flood these expanses like the Allies storming Normandy on D-Day. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z

They say Mr. Latchford then helped to get the sculpture into Britain by assisting with export licenses that were meant to conceal what was actually being shipped. Khmer-Art Collector Linked to Statue, U.S. Asserts 2012-12-12T19:32:49Z

Amid the creative mayhem, organizers are bracing to see whether ticket sales will be hurt by Britain's battered economic state. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z

"I greatly look forward to seeing her imaginative response to the spaces of Tate Britain's Duveen galleries when the work is unveiled this summer." 2010-01-20T11:53:00Z

“She is highly regarded but not part of a clique or group at all,” said Andrea Schlieker, Tate Britain’s director of exhibitions and curator of the survey show. A Portraitist Whose Subjects Are All in Her Head 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

It was, you recall, a war between the generation-old United States and its onetime master, Britain. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z

So I talked to families around the country and in Britain to see how Elsa, Anna and that song changed their lives. The Kids Who Love ‘Frozen’ and the Parents Who Love Them 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

He wanted a thorough education on the whisky industry in order to have a solid foundation for his work, so he went on a near-Homerian odyssey through Britain. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Britain brought out its finest garments, its finest relics, its finest rain. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

Britain was living through the end of empire; everything was shrinking. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z

With an eye toward his future in the family business, Mr. Adikoesoemo was sent to the University of Bradford in Britain, where he earned a degree in business management. Thanks to One Man’s Collection, Jakarta Now Has a World-Class Museum 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

He built a concert hall that is the best in Britain. The L.A. Phil's mesmerizing Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla leaps to the Birmingham orchestra 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

It’s inspiring to be here in the home of the two Churchills who saved Britain, first from the French, then nearly 250 years later, from the Germans. England’s castles and manors have a story to tell 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Merlin Entertainments, which acquired the Tussauds brand in 2007 for $1.9 billion, reported lackluster attendance last summer to its attractions in Britain, which include the London Eye, after terrorist attacks in London. The Politics of Waxing 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

She also felt increasingly sidelined: in staid, patriarchal postwar Britain, her husband was the one in demand. Lee Miller: the model, the monster and the mother 2013-04-22T21:00:00Z

She was thrust into a leadership role, mainly because she was the daughter of the late Aung San, who helped lead colonial Burma to independence from Britain. Film on Myanmar activist opens festival 2011-10-27T20:15:17Z

Founded in 2013 to rival the prestigious Booker Prize, the Folio is open to fiction, nonfiction and poetry from anywhere in the world published in Britain. Damon Galgut, Colm Toibin among Folio Prize finalists 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

Keepers served the sprouts, a popular side dish on festive tables in Britain, to the zoo’s western lowland gorillas. Stockings and puddings as London Zoo animals get Christmas treats 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

What happens at Pompeii and La Scala reflects on this nation and its global reputation more so than Britain’s standing rests on Stonehenge and Covent Garden. Abroad: In Italy, a Political Opera About Opera 2010-12-10T19:15:00Z

Last November, it was named best TV drama series by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. TV drama Silk in radio spin-off 2014-03-20T09:56:06Z

After finding inspiration in America and sunshine in Australia, Albarn doesn't seem eager to return to Britain. Gorillaz to release new album free on Christmas Day 2010-12-10T10:30:00Z

By a twist of fate, they were also neighbors at this year’s Venice Biennale, where Sedira is representing France in the pavilion next door to Britain’s. Fighting Forgetting, With a Venice Biennale Win 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Though initially little known here, in Britain Mr. Corden “is much more than an actor, he’s a big personality, who hosts panel shows and will go into stadiums and introduce sports teams,” Mr. McCrystal said. James Corden Goes Far Beyond in ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ 2012-08-05T22:56:31Z

And, post Brexit, Delta made the decision to reduce its flight capacity to Britain starting in January because of the decrease in demand from there. After ‘Brexit’ Vote, a Burst of Interest in Travel to Britain 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Many of them have – and their words offer far more insight than most of the hand-wringing currently going on in Britain's desperately limited "public debate". Rap responds to the riots: 'They have to take us seriously' 2011-08-12T17:15:46Z

Then stick your landing at the German Gymnasium, one of Britain’s first purpose-built gyms when it opened in the 1860s; today it’s a buzzing restaurant. 36 Hours in King’s Cross, London 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

“Baking Show” remains one of Britain’s most popular programs, and nearly 11 million people watched the first episode of the new season last month, Channel 4’s highest rating since 1985. This Year, ‘The Great British Baking Show’ Offers Extra Sweet Normalcy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

By the late 1960s Britain accounted for only 2.8% of global cotton exports. Spinning tales 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ayoade is little known outside Britain, but he has a passionate cult of admirers. Growing Funnier Each Serious Minute 2011-05-27T22:25:59Z

Are there more works of art hidden in the subterranean landscape of Britain? The deadly lure of cave paintings 2010-08-11T10:22:00Z

These sorts of concessions have helped her put Italian-style dinners on tables throughout Britain. Why Americans should get to know Britain’s favorite Italian cooking authority 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

On Dec. 8, Britain became the world’s first country to begin a mass vaccination drive against the coronavirus. Queen Elizabeth II and husband receive COVID-19 vaccinations 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z

The latest addition to this roster is “Happy Valley,” a hit this year in Britain whose six episodes becomes available for streaming on Netflix on Wednesday. In ‘Happy Valley,’ a Woman’s on the Case 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

In the huddled land of what Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tellingly termed the “haves” and “have-nots,” Britain in the early ’80s was experiencing tectonic convulsions of economic disorder. Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

“All Creatures Great and Small” charmed viewers with its pastoral setting in Britain’s Yorkshire Dales. Take a Tour of ‘All Creatures’ Country 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

Replete with Empire, the concert hall, built in 1871, was designed to showcase the talent and wealth that flowed to the capital, and which Britain, gracious in dominion, reflected. The Sound of Brexit at the BBC Proms 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

This year, Britain is being celebrated with a ceaseless pageant of faux-50s patriotism and Olympian publicity. The other Elizabeth Taylor's Complete Short Stories 2012-07-06T21:55:05Z

He studied in Britain, the country that colonized Nigeria, and when he returned on New Year’s Day 1960, it was in the process of becoming independent. Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

We’re stuck in the 17th century in Britain, stiff and wearing horsehair on your head. In ‘Your Honor,’ a New Orleans Judge Breaks Bad 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

“He was really excited about us watching it,” Paxton said recently, pointing out that the film had once been banned from home video release in Britain. ‘Being a Woman is Full of Horror’: Female Directors Discuss Their Craft 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

July 4, 1776, marks the date America celebrates its historic parting with Great Britain. A Brit and an American celebrate July Fourth with a Jefferson Memorial wedding

When Britain offered maternity without paternity leave, traditional gender patterns were unintentionally reinforced. Don’t Do It: The Simple Solution to Clearing the To-Do List 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

CPJ is working with the U.S. military, along with governments in Canada, France, Germany and Britain, to seek landing places for some of these journalists and their families, she said. News groups seek to protect journalists in Afghanistan 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

Even established artists at Springsteen-esque fame levels  are required to obtain temporary worker visas if they come to Britain for paid engagements. Britain?s Conflicting Entry Rules Stymie Visiting Artists 2011-10-19T21:55:14Z

His paintings feature in the collections of galleries including the National Galleries of Scotland, Tate Britain in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist John Bellany dies at 71 2013-08-29T05:50:16Z

Fourteen marches are planned across Britain, 16 in Mexico and 26 in Canada. From Athens to Zihuatanejo, a global show of unity for women's rights 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Philip “earned the affection of generations here in Britain, across the Commonwealth and around the world.” Britain mourns Prince Philip; leaders honor service to Queen 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

He was sentenced to five years in prison, and spent nine months at Wandsworth — one of the largest, oldest and unruliest prisons in Britain. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

But on the day the installation was scheduled to begin, Britain went into lockdown. An Artist Having Fun While Waiting for Catastrophe 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Ten years ago, Newton was still maintaining in interviews that she had never experienced racism in Britain. Thandie Newton: ‘I wake up angry – there’s a lot to be angry about’ 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

Last year, Britain supplanted China as the second-largest market for art sales, after the United States, the report found. Art Basel Hong Kong Opens to Less Frenzy 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

How about the charge in Britain that lists and reviews can be manipulated by wily competitors or, as The Independent darkly put it, by unspecified others who are out to “cause mischief”? 2010-02-09T05:16:00Z

For example, children’s nursery rhymes are 11 times more violent than television programmes aired before 9pm in Britain, one study found. Better and better 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

The show’s artists come from countries including Belgium, China, Japan, Mexico and Poland, as well as Britain and the United States. Pantyhose That Make You Think 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

That includes determining whether Britain will be able to trade freely with E.U. states. The vote was held last summer, but ‘Brexit’ officially starts now 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

"Virtuoso", "translucent", and "compelling" were among the words used by U.S. movie critics this week to describe Streep's turn as Britain's polarizing, and only female, prime minister. Meryl Streep gets glowing reviews as UK's Thatcher 2011-12-29T21:41:27Z

Mark Dunton, a historian at Britain's National Archives, which published the documents, said the scale of Fonteyn's personal involvement had not been publicly known until the release of the documents. Ballerina's clumsy role in coup attempt detailed 2010-05-30T05:46:00Z

While the movie primarily focuses on the politics of the personal – the cat fights, jealousy and love triangles – the reality is that these women ran Britain. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

The 74-year-old singer-songwriter had been due to play cities in Britain and Europe this year as part of the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, followed by shows in the U.S. in 2022. Elton John postpones European shows after hip injury 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

“I spent my ‘South Pacific’ tour in every library in Britain, Ireland, Scotland and Wales,” Mr. Connery told The Houston Chronicle in 1992. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

In Britain today, no one would feel blessed with such meagre resources. Do you hate football and want to help the poor? Take up gambling 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

An English actor named Richard Mansfield quickly acquired the rights to Jekyll and Hyde, and within a year was performing the dual role on stage in both the US and in Britain. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Our middle classes may be "decent", as Browne claimed, but our millionaires are mean: if charitable giving in Britain were compulsory, it would on these figures be a flat tax. Bleeding art: where have all the British philanthropists gone? 2013-07-16T15:47:26Z

As it turned out, Britain did find an international role – a slightly undignified one – and now, as powerful young actors jostle its ageing patron on the world stage, it needs, very urgently, a new script. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z

At that time, he was forced to cancel tours of the United States and Britain and more than 100 shows at the Moon river Theater. Singer Andy Williams reveals he has cancer: CNN 2011-11-06T20:37:55Z

Mitsotakis told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper last week that “the marbles were stolen in the 19th century, they belong in the Acropolis Museum and we need to discuss this issue in earnest.” Greek leader, in London, seeks return of ancient sculptures 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

But as someone observed — I can’t remember who — all borders are hard, and the line across Ireland will be the only land border dividing Britain from the E.U. ‘Say Nothing’ — Part History, Part True Crime — Illuminates the Bitter Conflict in Northern Ireland 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Change was in the air, particularly when Britain plunged rapidly into a deep economic recession. Margaret Thatcher had the last laugh in comedy 2013-04-10T14:34:29Z

Coming in second was top-selling 1963 single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" followed by "Strawberry Fields Forever," which recalled Lennon's nostalgia for his childhood growing up in Liverpool in Britain. "A Day in the Life" tops Rolling Stone's Beatles' list 2010-08-25T21:57:00Z

Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted Thursday of one charge at Britain's phone hacking trial as she began her defense against four more. Hacking trial: Murdoch tabloid's Brooks acquitted on 1 charge 2014-02-20T15:10:15Z

A judge-led inquiry into Britain's press ethics also sits most days, bringing yet more attention to the conduct of the press. News Corp admits guilt, settles hacking claims 2012-01-19T12:53:03Z

It was the sublime Heath – the Heath of imagination, conviction and passion – who took Britain into the European Community, but all too often Ziegler allows the mundane Heath to dominate the proceedings. Edward Heath: The Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z

According to Columbia Records, the band’s American label, the album reached No. 1 in 26 countries, including Australia, the group’s native Britain, Canada, India, Japan and Turkey. ArtsBeat: One Direction Tops Album Chart 2013-12-04T21:03:13Z

Properly south now, and David Walliams has written in his new book about the depression that saw him check into the Priory just weeks before finding stardom with Little Britain. Michael Richards revisits his racist rant … and the bonuses of being Brucie 2012-10-02T15:01:48Z

For example, the figure is 10 times the amount typically staked on "The X Factor," Britain's most-watched TV talent show. Here come the bets: Royal wedding fuels UK wagers 2011-04-26T11:28:11Z

The World War I uniform, found in a family trunk in Pakistan, is in a glass case of its own, honoring colonial subjects who fought for Britain. A Museum Pivots to Become ‘an Empathy Machine’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

Those explosive ideas about natural rights shared by all people and national rights of sovereignty and self-determination had been bubbling around Britain and Europe for the previous century or more. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

But Britain has seen off the Romans, been ruled by Tudors and Stuarts, built and then lost an empire, and fought all the way through two world wars. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema – from Oscar-winning strategies to 007’s debt to Hitchcock 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

It also looks like it might be Britain's favourite Beatles song, at least if you go by sales from iTunes, which this week finally reached a deal to sell downloads of the Beatles back catalogue. Britain's favourite Beatles song? It looks like Hey Jude 2010-11-19T17:15:00Z

None of these problems, be they in Britain or the US, are universal or irreversible. Why do one in seven US citizens still have to fight to vote? | Mary O’Hara 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Ms. Tandoh is a skilled baker, and her recipes draw from a rainbow of cheap sweeteners that are easy to find in Britain: honey, dark brown sugar, golden syrup and treacle. Ruby Tandoh Just Wants You to Eat What You Love 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

No other location provides the kind of panorama of modern Britain that our capital city does. The way we live now? Follow the money back to Anthony Trollope? 2012-02-12T00:06:17Z

There were lots of whispers and mumbles about Palma Violets before the release of its debut album `180' in home country Great Britain, and quite rightly so. Review: Much-hyped Palma Violets delivers on debut 2013-03-18T17:42:18Z

Soon, Britain, where some ministers had trumpeted a desire to create a “hostile environment” for migrants, said it wanted to do the same. Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Roy Smiljanic Both of Britain's Royal Ballet companies have been dancing Swan Lake this month, and both have seen significant debuts. Swan Lake – review 2012-10-13T23:06:25Z

The only limitation placed on the original “Skins,” broadcast in Britain and Ireland on the E4 channel, was the prohibition of two particular swear words. ?Skins? Will Arrive Soon on MTV, Baring All That It Can 2011-01-04T01:07:07Z

But this week, as he watched activists bring down controversial statues in Britain, Belgium and several U.S. cities, he realized the official channels were a losing game. Controversial memorials are surprisingly easy to pull down. Fixing the world that built them is harder. 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

In the end I decide it can only be fear of allowing any impression that she deserves personal credit for reviving the feminist movement in Britain today. Kat Banyard: 'We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over' 2012-10-14T19:45:01Z

He says he was "extremely fortunate" to be flown back to Britain for specialist treatment. Ebola nurse to deliver C4 message 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Serota oversaw a period of huge expansion for Tate, whose galleries include London's Tate Modern and Tate Britain and branches in Liverpool and St. Ives. Tate galleries director Nicholas Serota to step down 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

An exhibition of work by the four finalists will open at Tate Britain on Sept. 25 and run though Jan. 6. 4 Turner Prize Nominees Are Announced 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

That talent eventually took him to the Royal College of Art in London just as the liberating atmosphere of the 1960s was about to eclipse Britain's lingering postwar gloom. Hockney bio brings artist to dandified life 2012-06-13T20:48:04Z

But the toppling of the Colston statue forced into the mainstream conversations about who is represented by public art in Britain, and where Black Britons’ experiences fit within that. In the U.K., Public Art Shifts Toward Black Experiences 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Despite its title, the book mostly focuses on the 20th century, beginning at a time when nearly everyone in Britain, except the very poorest of the poor, employed some sort of servant. ‘Servants’: the real lives of butlers and maids 2013-12-11T18:44:04Z

Robyn Young is a good modern practitioner: in her historical novels, Robert the Bruce invades Ireland to prevent Edward I obtaining all four of the ancient treasures of Britain. The Edinburgh literature festival that could change history 2013-04-11T15:28:06Z

In the arts, Britain is still a superpower. Arts cuts are like ripping up the Magna Carta 2011-01-04T11:10:32Z

Britain’s departure from the EU means that U.K. citizens can no longer live and work freely in the 27-nation bloc. Music stars slam UK’s ‘shameful’ failure on EU touring rules 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

He thought, for example, that America's lack of any effective neighbouring enemy, as Germany had been to France, or France had been to Britain, contributed to a certain mix of parochialism and arrogance. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z

Iron Man and the gang also received a hero's welcome in Britain. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' storms overseas box office 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

While Davies is a populist and a partisan who loves catching out the rich and punishing elites, he clearly believes that the common folk of Britain have gotten exactly the government and media they deserve. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

That was unheard of Britain, but it's all broken down since, and now we have second or even third generation drug dealers here. iLL Manors – reviews 2012-05-26T23:03:05Z

Relevance is a crucial factor in the remarketing of an Edwardian magazine fantasy first inspired by Britain's imperial sunset. Tarzan returns: from Edwardian swinger to hunky ecowarrior 2012-07-14T23:06:48Z

Will Self, on himself Topics: Britain, Postmodernism, , Will Self, This interview first appeared in The Browser, as part of the FiveBooks series. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z

And Songs from Northern Britain is a desert island album for me. Nick Hornby's favourite music – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-07-10T10:11:50Z

Photo: Rex Features Loach is one of those directors Britain takes for granted. This week's new film events 2011-08-26T23:06:09Z

In Britain, we get less government support to start with, and that’s generally down, but all your other areas — box office, fund-raising — are under strain too. Sadler?s Wells, BAM, Edinburgh Festival and Arts Funding 2011-08-27T04:10:06Z

It's not for nothing that he's known as Britain's Robert De Niro – and with his 2011 directorial debut Tyrannosaur, he ably demonstrated he's more than just a talented character actor. Paddy Considine: five best moments 2013-07-19T11:41:37Z

Walters plays June, the poignantly disaffected wife of Buster Edwards, one of Britain’s “Great Train Robbery” gang who stole millions in 1963 and – although unarmed – brutally coshed the train driver, who never fully recovered. Julie Walters' best film performances – ranked! 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

A product of the counterculture that swept through Britain in the early 1960s, Mr. Farren sounded a raucous, anti-establishment voice for a half-century. Mick Farren, British Rock ’n’ Roll Renaissance Man, Dies at 69 2013-08-01T03:34:55Z

As of Friday, “art market participants” in Britain are subject to the regulations when conducting transactions worth more than 10,000 euros, or about $11,100. Britain Moves to Regulate Its Art Trade. Bring Your ID. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

A British exit from Europe, or “Brexit,” — a phrase that Oliver believes conjures up images of a granola bar bought at the airport — would have a huge impact on Britain, Oliver says. John Oliver Takes On Brexit on 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

It’s been almost exactly a year since Britain voted to leave the European Union. Grayson Perry on ‘Divided Britain’ and His New Art Exhibition 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

I've had several emails from readers who recall very similar stories but told about different people from all over Britain. Simon Hoggart's week: how tickled we are, missus 2012-07-20T16:44:08Z

The hideous town of Mangel, meanwhile, with its casual violence, unmanageable drinking and psychotic conservatism, offers up a vision of Britain that seems all too familiar. One Dead Hen by Charlie Williams - review 2011-08-03T12:30:02Z

Based at Edinburgh University, The James Tait Black Prizes were established in 1919 and are the oldest literary prizes in Britain. Bradley Manning play scoops British drama award 2013-08-06T12:43:17Z

The National Trust, a membership organization that looks after historic buildings and sites across Britain, has also been bringing hidden stories to light. A Museum Pivots to Become ‘an Empathy Machine’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

On another wall are four smaller black-and-white photographs that show Freud’s apartment at Berggasse 19 in Vienna in September 1938, three months after he and his family fled to Britain. Reflecting on Sigmund Freud 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

You may think it's Music is Great week every week of the year, but this is part of the This is Great Britain campaign, celebrating everything that is British and, er, great. Multiculturalism is what makes British music great 2012-05-17T16:04:33Z

The works will go on show at Tate Britain in London later this year. Tate given modern art collection 2012-05-29T08:48:11Z

Returning to Britain, Mr. Marks capitalized on his notoriety, writing his autobiography, the first of several books he would publish, including a novel. Howard Marks, Drug Smuggler Turned Author, Dies at 70 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

“Sure, people say that it’s the Commonwealth,” she said in an interview in a coffee shop across from the museum, referring to the relationship between Canada and Britain, “but you’re still a Canadian in London.” At Michigan State, Bold Statements About Big Issues 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

After the series was broadcast in Britain, there was exhaustive media coverage discussing everything from Tudor economics to fashion, and engendering a predictable amount of historical debate. ‘Wolf Hall,’ a Six-Part TV Series, Tackles Hilary Mantel’s Books 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

At one point, Britain’s high court accepted a request from Giuffre’s lawyers to formally contact Andrew about the lawsuit. Prince Andrew acknowledges he faces US sex assault lawsuit 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Britain, in thrall to finance since 1945, will break free – spearheading a second Industrial Revolution. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

That was one of two extended visits Fearnley made to Britain, and the show will include views of the Lake District. Thomas Fearnley exhibition aims to reacquaint UK with 'supreme talent' 2012-10-07T13:24:33Z

“They’re not second-class anymore,” she said from Britain, where she was attending the London International Mime Festival, which routinely also includes puppetry. Give Them a Hand: Puppet Artists Are Having a Moment 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

This year’s edition was canceled in May because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Tate Britain, its organizers, asked the jury to select artists to receive grants instead. Turner Prize Was Canceled, but Organizers Still Gave Out the Cash 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Seen as Britain's first international jazz musician, he influenced generations of British performers. 2010-02-07T10:53:00Z

She received a Fulbright fellowship in 1952 to explore musical traditions in Britain. Jean Ritchie, singer who helped lead folk revival of ’50s and ’60s, dies at 92 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

When Michael launched Capital Radio, I became Britain's first DJ playing African-American gospel music, with the Hallelujah programme, under the name Sam Scott. Michael Bukht obituary letters 2011-08-11T17:43:10Z

Curtis, 49, became director of Tate Britain in the spring, but this is her first interview. Interview: Penelope Curtis 2010-11-30T21:30:00Z

"My Bed" was among the works shortlisted for Britain's Turner Prize in 1999. Tracey Emin's provocative 'My Bed' sells for more than $4 million 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

I think it marks a sort of seismic change in Britain at the time. ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Abi Morgan on 'The Hour' and How 'West Wing' Saved Her 2012-09-17T16:31:06Z

The Met tells the story of tea and politics with two semicircular cases filled with 100 teapots, all made in Britain. Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

The story was originally published in serial form between 1849-1850, but Iannucci, whose previous films include In the Loop and The Death of Stalin, said the themes Dickens explored were still relevant in contemporary Britain. 'It's very modern': Armando Iannucci rips up rules with Dickens adaption 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

This policy, and Cameron's attitude, isn't about healing Britain's social divides, it's about recruiting more people to their side of them. Is scrapping workers' rights the Tories' idea of spreading privilege? 2012-10-13T23:06:35Z

Declared an enemy of Islam, he managed to get back to Britain, but was pursued there by death threats. Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z

There are 14 B&B properties available in Britain alone, one a manor home in the Cotswolds with a croquet lawn and swimming pool that costs £50 per night for a double. Practical Traveler: Six Sites That Curate Lodging Options So You Don’t Have To 2012-05-23T14:10:18Z

A 2017 study of 68 heavy drinkers in Britain found that those who received 11 minutes of mindfulness instruction reduced their alcohol consumption significantly the next week. ‘Sober Curious’? How to Embrace Mindful Drinking 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

That was Britain in 1961, before London swung, before sex between men was decriminalised, before a black man and a white woman walking in Soho might pass unremarked. Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Two men in their 20s who were visiting Britain were spoken to at a hotel nearby, police said, and were warned about their actions but not arrested. Meghan Markle's nephew warned by police after taking knife to... 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

The 30-minute movie caused such a stir because it is about one of Britain’s most notorious — and troubling — crimes. Why Britain Is Outraged About an Oscar-Nominated Short Film 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

At cocktail hour in the bar, visitors like Richard Dobbs, 54, from Britain, can be found enjoying gin martinis or a mix of aged coconut arrack, a local alcohol, with pineapple and lime. Sri Lanka, Admired From Above 2014-03-18T07:29:47Z

Though Gandhi advocated nonviolent civil disobedience in India's struggle for independence from Britain, a brutal clash in February 1922 resulted in his being arrested the next month and sentenced to prison. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

But if there is one thing I have learned living in Britain and going to the theater, is that you should challenge the classics. Coming to Chicago: A ‘Giselle’ That Speaks to the Present 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

It was the No. 1 film to premiere in Britain, and also debuted in big markets like Germany and Italy. Box Office: 'Hop' bounds into first place 2011-04-03T18:15:00Z

The design of Britain’s air passenger duty places the entire European Union into its lowest “band,” and Britain certainly loves low-cost airlines. Tired of Paying a Big Tax to Leave Britain? Here’s How to Skip It 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

“Wow,” Isabel said as we emerged from black-box theater both sobered and grateful for an experience of language that is always one of the joys of visiting Britain. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Yes, childminders are paid more in Denmark than they are in Britain. The XX Factor: How Working Women Are Creating a New Society by Alison Wolf – review 2013-04-26T08:30:01Z

There wasn’t yet a national ballet company in Britain when the Royal Academy was formed. From the Music Hall to Ballet Royalty: A British Tale 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

India, according to a piece in the Evening Standard, would probably never wish to be independent of Britain. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-05-08T10:30:01Z

The number of visitors from Britain dropped 10 percent and from Canada 4 percent. Tourism to Bermuda Suffering Still From Global Downturn 2010-03-30T14:02:00Z

Prepare to be unendeared – as the hirsute American offers his unlikely backing to the campaign to make Boris Johnson the prime minister of Britain. Blackadder marches again and Zach Galifianakis votes for Boris 2012-10-10T08:11:05Z

As Britain prepares for the 2012 London Olympics, several organizers were recognized for their work. Queen's honors list includes actress Bonham Carter 2011-12-31T00:03:12Z

Streep has welcomed the challenge of playing Britain's first female prime minister. Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher revealed in first still from The Iron Lady 2011-02-08T12:27:25Z

While overall sales in Britain declined 9 percent in the past year, and in China 23 percent, those in America increased 4 percent to $27.3 billion, representing 43 percent of the global value. Tefaf Faces Competitive Headwinds 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

But the biggest cheer came a few minutes later, as the group finished “Britain Come Back.” Trying to Stop Brexit, Using Catchy Songs and Washboard Abs 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

The partner of a pregnant woman has asked Dublin's high court to stop her leaving Ireland because he claims she is travelling to Britain for an abortion under pressure from her family. Man seeks Irish court order in family feud over partner's pregnancy 2013-07-17T15:35:05Z

Dancing Romeo and Juliet, they will be greeted by more than 13,000 fans and will be playing their part in a ballet boom that looks set to sweep Britain in 2011. Ballet set to break out as 2011's most exciting art form 2010-12-05T00:03:00Z

In an earlier Q. and A. with the audience, he had noted that the film’s themes of “institutional racism and police brutality” were still relevant in Britain today. A Landmark of Black Cinema, Restored for a New Age 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

Though the opera experience in Britain has become increasingly informal, and fancy dress seems to be a thing of the past, the art form remained “associated with the class system, with snobbery,” he said. Oliver Mears Takes a Big Leap to the Royal Opera 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Excellent idea: the 1960s, chocolate, Britain's most imaginative and mischievous chef – it sounds like a recipe for a good time. Heston's Feasts 2010-04-06T23:05:00Z

Our walk took us towards RAF Brize Norton, the biggest air force base in Britain and the home of the lumbering transports dispatched to points east. Will Self walks through Britain's flag-waving heartlands 2013-03-07T11:31:01Z

Airline passenger rights: Currently, passengers to and from Britain are protected under E.U. regulations. Perspective | Travelers bound for Britain face new Brexit uncertainty 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The Venetian-born detective looks set to pave the way in Britain for a colourful cast of Italian cops. Italian authors' invasion is set to conquer the crime fiction lists 2011-01-09T00:06:39Z

"A searing indictment of Thatcher's Britain" became a set phrase if you were suggesting a story at the monthly writers' conference. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z

His first wife was actress Diana Dors, the blond bombshell who was Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Richard Dawson, beloved host of Family Feud, dies at 79 2012-06-03T15:29:30Z

A Daily Telegraph readers' one, perhaps: how Britain has gone to the dogs? Civilization: The West and the?Rest by Niall Ferguson ? review 2011-03-25T12:37:09Z

If the class war had done as much, Britain would be unrecognisable. Talkin' 'bout my generation 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

Q. So the idea of continuing with these characters into post-World War II Britain ... Julian Fellowes on Twists in the ‘Downton Abbey’ Season Finale 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

She wrote "furiously" through her childhood; within days of arriving in Britain, she was writing in English, and graduated in English literature from Queen Mary College, London University. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z

Which of Britain's galleries and theatres are serving food that's an attraction in itself? Are arts venues catering for all your needs? 2013-04-08T10:45:50Z

Chair by Allen Jones, 1969, which was damaged with paint stripper by feminist campaigners in 1986, will be part of Art Under Attack: Histories of British Iconoclasm at Tate Britain. What makes art a target for attack? 2013-07-08T16:23:22Z

The actress said the queen certainly deserved an Olivier award after receiving one of Britain's most prestigious entertainment honors, a BAFTA, earlier this month for her support for the film and television industry. Helen Mirren crowned top actress at top UK theatre awards 2013-04-28T19:03:10Z

Cocker, a native of Britain, lived in Crawford, Colorado. British soul singer Joe Cocker dies at 70 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

In Britain there were attempts to play down the spat. Italian president condemns botched British raid in Nigeria 2012-03-09T13:57:06Z

If any agreement with the Greek government did not include a provision that the marbles must return to London, it could be challenged in Britain’s courts. After 220 Years, the Fate of the Parthenon Marbles Rests in Secret Talks 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

The small Pacific island nation of Tonga claimed the honor of lighting the first of more than 4,200 beacons to be set alight in Britain and abroad to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Queen's Jubilee: Rock concert at Buckingham Palace 2012-06-04T11:02:16Z

In Britain, the great hidden secret of talking animals and children's literature is how political it was in its bones, beneath the obvious cuteness. It's a dog's life 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z

“We are in a very strong global position already,” Mr. Browne said, adding that the world’s second-largest national art market last year was in Britain. U.K. Art World Weighs ‘Brexit’ as ‘Depressing Moment’ or Golden Opportunity 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

Known in Britain principally as the buxom bloodsucker in "Vampire Lovers" and "Countess Dracula," Ingrid Pitt's acting career very nearly wasn't. Ingrid Pitt, doyenne of Hammer horror films, dies 2010-11-23T23:30:00Z

And then, “Food Plan B now needed. Will the people who voted Brexit be prepared to dig for Britain, work in picking fields and factories for low pay?” What Brexit Means for British Food 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

She wasn’t a chef, but a self-taught cook at a time in Britain when there weren’t many women in the kitchen, and certainly no female owners who weren’t trained chefs. Jamie Oliver: the recipe that changed my life 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

However artful and evocative they seem today, they weren't really films about Britain so much as films about controlling people. Public Service Broadcasting: Inform-Educate-Entertain – review 2013-05-02T14:29:01Z

Freelancers — both actors and backstage crew members like Boucher — are the lifeblood of Britain’s theaters, making up an estimated 70 percent of the country’s 290,000 workers in the performing arts, according to U.K. Side Hustles and Handouts: A Tough Year Ahead for U.K. Theater Workers 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

A native of Sydney, Australia, he first found an audience for his comedy in Britain before moving to Los Angeles a few years ago. | Jim Jefferies: Jim Jefferies, Star of the FX Series ‘Legit’ 2013-01-06T04:59:41Z

Britain and France did not gain control of the canal. Suez crisis 2011-02-13T00:10:00Z

Last year a list of music festivals were cancelled in Britain due to poor ticket sales and with adverse weather. British music festivals in tune with older, cashed-up fans 2013-06-12T17:49:21Z

This is my country and when I put on my Great Britain vest I’m proud.” British xenophobia on the rise 2013-01-03T21:17:00Z

Yet Morgan hasn't been able to point them to his 20-year record as a journalist in Britain because of those pesky share tipping and faked photo stories. Piers Morgan meets Oprah in his debut as CNN's new Larry King 2011-01-17T23:34:08Z

In 1942, after the Royal Air Force devastated the German port of Lübeck, the Nazis reputedly worked their way through the Britain guidebook, and bombed Exeter, Bath, York, Norwich and then Canterbury. Footsteps: The Highlands by Rail, With 1910 Baedeker in Hand 2010-05-07T16:41:00Z

Pubs and restaurants in Britain had reopened, he added, but no one in authority was thinking about dance-music culture. At Europe’s Illegal Parties, the Virus Is the Last Thing on Anyone’s Mind 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

Although polls showed one in three in Britain claiming no interest in the royal wedding, the spirit of the moment appeared to become infectious. Sealed with 2 kisses 2011-04-30T05:15:58Z

Secret Wars Live art championships as graffiti artists from across Britain and the world battle for supremacy. This week's internet picks 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

Photograph: Epics/Getty Images Durham sanctuary knocker, 12th centuryYes, it is a door knocker, but the monstrous leonine head cast in the 1100s is one of the most striking medieval sculptures in Britain. Magritte, Monet and Tracey Emin ? the week in art 2011-08-26T08:00:01Z

The headline read, "Taliban claim to attack Britain, kill Afghans". The Taliban's attack on the British Council only hurts Afghanistan 2011-08-19T14:49:33Z

In 1992, a Gallup Poll found that 89 percent of Americans regarded self-esteem as “very important” for success in life, and schools in America and Britain were soon busy trying to instill it. How We Got to Be So Self-Absorbed: The Long Story 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

For an Indigenous doctoral candidate also critical of colonialism, Britain is the belly of the beast. ‘Where We Belong’ Review: A Performer Wonders, What’s in a Name? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

The 39-year-old activist received the title, referred to as the female equivalent of an honorary knighthood, because of her work to end sexual violence and her services to Britain's foreign policies. Angelina Jolie, now an honorary dame, meets with Queen Elizabeth II 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The popularity presaged blockbuster ratings in Britain: The show was seen by 30 million people — nearly half the country — making it one of the biggest natural-history hits since “Planet Earth,” its landmark predecessor from 2006. ‘Planet Earth II’: A Lizard’s Great Escape 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

While “Neighbours” has attracted more Australian viewers in recent weeks, the bulk of the show’s audience has been in Britain, where, nowadays, an average of 1.25 million tune in every day. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

He lived in Canada for many years but returned to Britain in the 1990s. ‘Windmills of Your Mind’ Singer Noel Harrison Dies 2013-10-22T14:17:45Z

After Nazi Germany and wartime Britain, she plunged in "total immersion" into India – the jasmine, the starlit nights, the temple bells, the holy men, the heat. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z

Tate Britain focuses primarily on British art from the past 500 years. Tate Britain Names New Director 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

For all the three centuries that Britain ruled Jamaica, though, the island’s deepest influence is not English. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

The book is due out in Britain and the U.S. on April 26 - ahead of highly-anticipated memoirs from both Knox and Sollecito. Father of student slain in Italy penning memoir 2012-04-10T15:10:08Z

He is not offering the myth of "overnight success" and insists on "graft and sweat"; here he cites Little Britain, which became a TV hit after getting an audience and becoming "match-fit" on radio. BBC's Shane Allen: 'I'm doing the job of comedy gods' 2013-03-24T18:15:01Z

Of most lasting significance, personally as well as politically, were her staunch opposition to Mussolini — even when many in Britain were courting his favor — and, especially, her work on behalf of Ethiopian independence. The British Activist Who Was a Spiritual Ancestor to Today’s Teen Radicals 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

It’s early days, but if exchange rates hold and travel softens within Europe and Britain, expect more enticing travel offers. How ‘Brexit’ Will Affect Travel to Europe 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

The first exhibition in the UK featuring salt and print photographs - the earliest form of paper photography - opens at Tate Britain on 24 February. See Nelson's Column under construction 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

When she was 17, a bureaucratic error nearly resulted in her deportation from Britain and caused her to lose her place at a music school in London. | Rachel Zeffira 2013-01-30T14:04:41Z

Bridge gave him an impregnable technical command, and remaining in Britain introduced him to a startling band of homosexual men, led by WH Auden. Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z

It’s easy to assume that these new works were responses to the Black Lives Matter protests that erupted across Britain in the summer of 2020. In the U.K., Public Art Shifts Toward Black Experiences 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Ayres, 80, a retired architect, and Turnbull, 35, a brand strategist, are members of Republic, an organization that wants to abolish Britain’s monarchy in favor of an elected head of state. Watching ‘The Crown’ With Britain’s Anti-Monarchists: ‘I Feel Queasy’ 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

Here in Britain, arrest and charge are two distinct acts. Mail on Sunday's revelations of legal threats expose reporting dilemma 2013-04-22T11:28:00Z

The underdog absurdity of this 56-year-old playing Britain’s top secret agent. My favourite film aged 12: Gold 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

In Britain, Border Force staff are planning to strike on March 15, along with London Underground train drivers — part of an ongoing wave of rail strikes. Strikes in Europe Are Leaving Some Travelers Stranded. What You Need to Know. 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

It was here, in 1948, that the United States and Britain flew fuel and food from bases in West Germany into a cold, hungry and bomb-ravaged Berlin that Soviet forces had sealed off. For This Museum, Russian-German Collaboration Got Awkward 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z

Artists without sponsors — novelists or painters who want to spend some time producing their work in Britain, for instance — are often unable to come unless they lie and say they are tourists. Britain?s Conflicting Entry Rules Stymie Visiting Artists 2011-10-19T21:55:14Z

It is recounted in stilted, formalistic language that’s presumably meant to evoke a bygone era, and set in a mythical Britain equally reminiscent of “The Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones.” Review: In ‘The Buried Giant,’ Ishiguro Revisits Memory and Denial 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

He worked for most of Britain’s top newspapers, including the Times, Telegraph, Guardian and Independent, and in the 1990s, he had a brief, ill-fitting stint as an editor at the New Yorker magazine. Alexander Chancellor, editor who transformed Spectator magazine, dies at 77 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Redmayne, who recently won an Olivier, one of Britain’s highest acting awards, for his performance in “Red” in London, went to Eton and studied art history at Cambridge. In ?Red,? Molina Shares Stage With Rothko?s Art 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z

And yet, crawling from Colchester in a crackling cloud of dark energie, it appears the spawn of at least one of the satanic miscreants Hopkin once hounded haunts the cultural landscape of Britain even now. Stewart Lee: If Damon Albarn is serious about the occult, shouldn't we call him Damien? 2011-07-09T23:06:00Z

Stories like this one, from Carol Dyhouse's useful history of girls growing up in Britain in the 20th century, ought to be the currency of our popular history and culture. Girl Trouble by Carol Dyhouse – review 2013-03-15T18:59:01Z

Like the Danish original, a hit in Britain as well, the series follows a stoic female detective through bleakly picturesque cityscapes. ArtsBeat: Making 'The Killing,' AMC's New Nordic Noir 2011-04-01T14:56:56Z

Rusbridger pushed to make The Guardian a global digital newspaper, courting English-speaking readers outside of Britain, notably with editions in the United States and Australia, dramatically increasing online audience. A Revolution for Journalism — or a Death Knell? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

In Britain you have to be straightforward; you can be quite honest, but not rude.” Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Higgins writes of "the capacity of the sleeping earth to throw up anomalies", and nowhere is this anomalousness more visible than in Roman Britain. Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain, by Charlotte Higgins – review 2013-07-24T10:06:01Z

The country gained independence in 1973 but remains a voluntary member state of Britain’s Commonwealth of Nations, and English is the official language here. In the Bahamas, Cat Island offers spectacular diving and solitude for miles 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Under the headline "Cream of Britain", the article revealed what MPs had chosen as the greatest designs from their constituencies. Kenneth Grange: A very British modernist 2011-07-19T16:08:16Z

In fact, George Orwell, in a famous essay, noted that many of these elements attracted newspaper readers to crime stories in post-war Great Britain, too. Bad girls and gone girls: Why the media tired of ‘missing white women’ 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Undeterred, Banner is returning to Tate Britain next week, where she will unveil a new work commissioned for the museum's two central neoclassical Duveen galleries. Fiona Banner: fight and flight 2010-06-21T20:30:00Z

Few in Britain continue to believe in what was once thought of as a "public service mission": the duty to provide certain sorts of goods and services just because they are in the public interest. Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

Most Jews fled the country due to attacks on their community, particularly after the 1956 war, when Israel invaded Egypt along with Britain and France, which were trying to regain control of the Suez Canal. "Jews of Egypt" film passes censor after delay: director 2013-03-20T17:48:28Z

It seems that the mystery online reviewer who savaged works by some of Britain's leading Russianists turns out to be the wife of historian Orlando Figes. Is Amazon's literary whodunnit really a scandal? 2010-04-19T12:01:00Z

Take Solos Holidays, one of the oldest and largest companies in Britain offering guided getaways for solo travelers. Travel Industry Responds to Rise in Solo Sojourners 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

But several European countries ban its production, including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Britain, and there are similar bans in Australia and Argentina. French foie gras makers fed up by toughened California ban 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Britain has a leading world position, as it has in financial and business services, pharmaceuticals, and the arms trade. Letters: Economic impact of funding for the arts 2013-06-28T20:00:12Z

Then Terry’s club-ready remix with a new, danceable beat, carried Everything but the Girl to a worldwide audience; the single went gold in the United States and platinum in Britain. Everything but the Girl Breaks a 24-Year Silence With a Bang 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

And just last week Malik left the band's current tour, with One Direction's publicist citing "stress" as his reason for flying home to Britain. It's official: Zayn Malik announces he's quit One Direction 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

While the Magna Carta failed to maintain peace at the time, it gained particular momentum in the 16th and 17th centuries when it helped lay the foundations for Britain's constitutional monarchy. Four surviving Magna Carta copies on show together after 800 years 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Why are the rich in Britain so lacking in public spirit? Bleeding art: where have all the British philanthropists gone? 2013-07-16T15:47:26Z

“Isn’t it funny?” says the director, seated in a Soho hotel room, as the film arrives in Britain. Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying: 'We're not meant to kill. We're not cut out for it' 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

Hanif Kureishi rightly claimed that she had "no understanding of what a central place the arts have in British life, or how good Britain is at producing books, films, theatre and music". How Thatcherism politicised the arts in Britain 2013-04-09T10:51:09Z

Even in Britain, in the 90s there were hints that the Murdoch era might be drawing to a close. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z

Churchwell points out that in America film stars function, or rather dysfunction, like a version of Britain's royal family. Why no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall's allure 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

Through Anning, Ray Davies darts through the first half of Britain’s 20th century. How the Kinks turned a British history lesson into a rock masterpiece that still resonates 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

Whether or not they end up being allowed to stay in Britain, the message they heard was: “We don’t want you here.” The secrets of a maitre d’: what it’s really like feeding the 1% 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

But it connected with larger audiences in Britain, and Khruangbin started touring the world. ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

She told Britain's Press Association on Sunday that she had brought Assange "a nice vegan lunch and some vegan snacks" the day before. Pamela Anderson's present for Julian Assange: Vegan meal 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

Stephen Frears' "My Beautiful Laundrette" was one of several 1980s films that depicted Thatcher's Britain as a land of poverty and racism as well as economic enterprise. Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture 2013-04-08T16:16:08Z

In Britain, however, the tradition has stayed strong. Hats off! Britain's royal wedding stirs hat fever 2011-04-18T10:11:11Z

But, if The Hobbit does end up coming to Britain, where would some of the key scenes be shot? Dream relocation: The Hobbit's Middle-earth made in middle England 2010-10-25T15:07:00Z

But the Labour party had a vision for postwar Britain, and education, art and culture for everyone were at the heart of that vision. We must protect and reinvent our local libraries 2012-11-23T08:28:01Z

It will be a mark of our times if this Roman treasure is allowed to leave the country or pass into private hands when it would be such a great asset for Cumbria – and Britain. The battle for Cumbria's Roman helmet 2010-10-06T15:48:00Z

But it wasn't a chart hit, possibly because Glover wasn't prepared to don butterfly wings, stick compound eyes on his head, and hustle every local radio station in Britain. Bubblegum pop: all the young dudes 2010-12-02T22:00:00Z

About the book: A satire set in a Britain of the future after a catastrophe referred to as What Happened, If It Happened. Man Booker Prize 2014: At a glance 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

Starting in 2012, Britain and other members of the European Union will adhere to a uniform standard that applies to both living artists and those who have died within the past 70 years. Artists File Suit Against Sotheby?s, Christie?s and eBay 2011-11-01T12:00:00Z

That ignited a firestorm in Britain, which maintains that Lord Elgin saved the marbles from destruction, and acquired them fairly. Caryatid Statues, Restored, Are Stars at Athens Museum 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Britain’s attempt to define itself as a nation, to characterize its history and to choose its villains and heroes was a project that touched on politics, literature, science, warfare, the arts and social relations. Critic?s Notebook: ?Making History? and ?Remembering Shakespeare? at Yale 2012-03-22T22:50:43Z

Next year marks a return to Britain for the Liverpudlian, when he becomes music director of the London Symphony in September. Simon Rattle's farewell tour with the Berlin Philharmonic swings into L.A. and Costa Mesa 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Three of the finalists are American, and only one is British, which may cause consternation in some quarters in Britain. ‘Great Circle,’ ‘Bewilderment’ Among Booker Prize Finalists 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

As Moorhouse recounts, Britain and France were forced to abandon appeasement that March, after Germany occupied and dismembered Czechoslovakia. Remembering Poland’s Doomed Fight Against the Nazis 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z

Great Britain is red, along with huge swaths of territory all over the globe. Perspective | This enormous glass sphere represents the entire world, as it was in 1935 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

What about the feelings of modern Scottish people who might happen to visit Tate Britain? Hogarth and Scarfe offend humanity … and that is why they are great 2013-01-30T14:19:02Z

Indeed, if he is acknowledged at all in Britain, it is as a kind of Gallic Cliff Richard. Johnny Hallyday: the French rock'n'roller sets his sights on Britain 2012-11-15T19:00:01Z

NDCW, the smallest of the companies, takes its own path into the unknown by commissioning a work from Britain's most senior choreographer, Christopher Bruce. Dance GB – review 2012-06-20T17:21:13Z

Britain’s love affair with eating out has reached fever pitch. How to choose a great restaurant from reading the menu 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

He "overestimated the strength of the Allied forces in Britain consistently, massively, and quite deliberately," Macintyre writes, in hopes of an end to the war and to the Nazis. 'Double Cross': A spy story with high stakes 2012-07-25T21:47:09Z

Some hotels in Britain, especially in London, are trying to capitalize on this interest by luring guests with wallet-friendly packages. After ‘Brexit’ Vote, a Burst of Interest in Travel to Britain 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

"Films and cricket are the two most popular forms of entertainment for the south Asian community in Britain and films are hugely popular," said Ms Ray. How did Bollywood reach Birmingham? 2013-06-28T05:20:36Z

With no church taxes and no ongoing recognition of organs or organists as national treasures, Britain seems to be the poor relation. Once Top Musicians, Organists See Loss of Relevance 2014-04-25T19:57:41Z

When I left, I always knew that no other commercial station in Britain would be such a creative and vibrant place to work. Why we should all mourn the loss of Gaydar Radio 2013-01-04T16:01:19Z

Then I did some kind of computer chip something for Japanese television, and then I remember vaguely I did Holston Pils for people in Britain land, in England. Jeff Goldblum on Independence Day Sequel: "It's Brewing" 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

He’s also the most expensive hire on the UK’s most popular escort marketplace, sleepyboy.com and is, according to its founder, the most successful in Britain. Story of a male escort 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z

Cobain and I once shared the comfortable notion that Britain stood above the nastiness of torture. Cruel Britannia by Ian Cobain - review 2012-11-23T08:00:01Z

There’s also a revival of the 2000 “Aida,” to be directed by Schele Williams, one of the show’s original cast members, and another incarnation of “Beauty and the Beast,” slated for Britain. Perspective | Read all about it: Why Disney owns the live stage, too 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

One vivid section deals with the harsh reality of life in Roman Britain: there are lead ingots mined in Wales, along with thick chains that bound slaves who did the hard work. Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

Contestants "from all walks of life" will take part in The Brightest Briton as the show attempts to find Britain's most intelligent person. Walliams to create new BBC sitcom 2012-08-24T15:33:01Z

The colossal booty amassed, valued at more than £1 million, included numerous artworks, quite a number of which are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Collection and various country houses in Britain. Special Report: Asian Art: How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

“Compared to Britain, it’s just so much better,” she said. Inside South Korea’s Art-Mad Capital 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Saturday's event at a racetrack in the eastern English province of Norfolk was the 26th such annual event in Britain. Ready, set, slow! British Citroen 2CV enthusiasts stage 24-hour race 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

Ludmila's Broken English never quite worked, either as a satire of so-called broken Britain or a dark reflection on a world where anything – including the child bride of the title – could be purchased online. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z

The final event, a swift reaction to the recent riots in Britain, was a screening at Film Forum last week of “Handsworth Songs,” an essay film from 1986 inspired by civil unrest in Birmingham, England. Microcinemas Pack a Special Mission in a Small Space 2011-09-02T19:03:04Z

When Britain went to war with the South African Republics in 1899 it was a bit like the Crimea all over again, with a lack of strategic maps, and Boer intelligence far superior to Britain's. Under Every Leaf by William Beaver - review 2012-05-18T08:00:03Z

Brooks, once one of Britain's most powerful media figures, remembered advice Murdoch gave her early in her career: "Work hard ... and don't court any publicity." Hacking trial: Murdoch tabloid's Brooks acquitted on 1 charge 2014-02-20T15:10:15Z

"There's been a real cultural shift in Britain since the post-war period when people were generally hostile to contemporary art," he says. Making a spectacle of the Old Masters 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

But it nurtures in its bosom the largest surviving 1940s prefab estate in Britain, admirably named Excalibur. Excalibur's castles built from postwar dreams must not be demolished 2011-01-06T21:00:04Z

Britain’s government said its security system is “rigorous and proportionate” and declined to comment on details. Prince Harry files court claim over UK police protection 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

Although “Sing to the Moon” reached the Top 10 in Britain, and one of its singles, “Green Garden,” entered the British Top 40, accolades and awards didn’t equal more hits. Laura Mvula Set Her Sound Free. It Ended Up in the ’80s. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

In Britain, Ireland and Nigeria, that day would be the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Motherlode: Call Your Mother 2011-05-05T19:00:04Z

Hitchens was born in Britain, lives in Washington D.C., and retained his British citizenship when he also became an American citizen in 2007. Writer Christopher Hitchens to undergo chemotherapy 2010-06-30T23:52:00Z

It's fantastic to see the heightened demand across the whole of Britain for our world class attractions in what was a pivotal year for the tourism industry. Poor weather in 2012 drove visitors to indoor tourist attractions 2013-03-12T00:01:01Z

That will lead to more manufacturing in Britain, and that in turn will lead to more jobs ... An end to faking it: could a new law damage the world of design? 2012-11-15T17:24:00Z

Buruma’s account perhaps unintentionally demonstrates that permanently yoking Britain’s global role to America’s has unnecessarily made permanent Britain’s subservient wartime relationship to the United States. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

In it, Sierz attempts a working definition of new writing, assesses the health of our new writing culture and pulls together a composite picture of contemporary Britain. There's no such thing as a state of the nation play 2011-03-22T16:40:44Z

And, of course, our friends in Britain don’t call erasers “erasers,” so when an English colleague asks to borrow a rubber, don’t be alarmed. A curious tour of office supplies in ‘The Perfection of the Paper Clip’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

So far, the signs in Britain look promising. Lady Antebellum Tries to Expand Its Base Overseas 2010-06-11T22:48:00Z

Built of Portland stone by convicts in the late 19th century, it's considered to be the largest and finest prison chapel in Britain. Sounding Out: 'I've rarely met such creative minds' 2012-07-04T11:40:57Z

Everyone knows where Britain’s sympathies lie, but the embassy wants to maintain a semblance of impartiality, counseling all sides to remain calm, respect the rule of law, work toward a peaceful resolution, etc., etc. Review | A.D. Miller’s ‘Independence Square’ imagines how one diplomat tried to secretly manage Ukraine’s revolution 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

He said that the Royal Opera House, in its current form, was born around the same time as the National Health Service, Britain’s universal health care system. Oliver Mears Takes a Big Leap to the Royal Opera 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Widely praised by critics in the United States and Britain, “The Vegetarian” is Ms. Han’s first work to be translated into English. Han Kang Wins Man Booker International Prize for Fiction With ‘The Vegetarian’ 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Do you think the new classifications are fair and accurately reflect modern Britain? What class are you? 2013-04-03T10:54:53Z

His best-known work in Britain was a paradoxical event. Is Ai Weiwei still an artist? 2013-04-24T12:56:05Z

The student was 18 at the time, two years above the age of consent in Britain, the newspaper said. Royal Ballet Suspends Choreographer Over Sexual Misconduct Claims 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Weigel asked whether young people would ever flock to the Democratic Party the way they have to the Labour Party in Britain or if they were too cynical. ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

In Britain, there’s a run on supplies as the Prince of Wales rallies influencers to boost yarn crafts. Knitting for the Apocalypse 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

When he was a boy, he says, there was a consensus that Britain was moving towards a better, fairer future – one in which a lad like him could end up at Oxford. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z

Nations with the bomb — the United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain — had agreed in 1963 to a treaty banning nuclear tests in outer space, under water, and in the atmosphere. Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong 2012-11-24T14:00:00Z

Britain was divided when the country entered into what was then the European Economic Community at the start of 1973. It’s tears and cheers as Britain leaves the European Union 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

One of the best chocolate producers in Britain does its stuff in Scotland. Food Britannia by Andrew Webb ? review 2011-07-28T23:00:02Z

Photograph: Jeff Wilson The 17th century didn't just bring roundheads-v-cavaliers civil war to England, it was an era when the whole of Britain appeared intent on ripping itself apart. TV highlights 27/07/12 2012-07-26T19:00:00Z

Ms Beard, professor of classics at Cambridge and something of a media star in Britain, makes her subject seem relevant, even urgent, to the present day. What a strange lot 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Q: What did you want to achieve when you moved to Britain? World Chefs: Kochhar honors award-winning restaurant with new cookbook 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Burchill was once the highest paid female columnist in Britain; being professionally antagonistic for more than 30 years very much included columns on putting enough up her nose "to stun the Colombian armed forces". Julie Burchill, Desert Island Discs: radio review 2013-02-15T07:00:52Z

Tom is persuaded by his partner into a momentous decision that will change their lives and take them over 12 years from New York to Britain and a remote Greek island. This week's new theatre 2011-08-19T23:09:21Z

The colonists won the war, but Britain seems to have triumphed in the battle of show business. ‘Sons of Liberty’ on History Looks at American Revolution 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Over the next decade, he became increasingly alarmed by what was happening to a faltering Britain. Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Subtle linked stories about two boys’ friendship, first published in Britain in 1981, illuminate family and community ties. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

Scott, 53, of Wingate, County Durham, was given a six-year prison term for handling stolen goods and two years' imprisonment – to run consecutively – for removing stolen property from Britain. Antiques dealer jailed for handling stolen Shakespeare First Folio 2010-08-02T12:06:00Z

His big screen success was overshadowed by a divisive image in Britain as a bon viveur who did nothing to hide his wealth. British film director Michael Winner dies aged 77 2013-01-21T15:19:56Z

The musical posits Britain as a land of fancy chandeliers, postcard palaces and plummy accents — what, no beefeaters?!? Review | In time for Thanksgiving, Broadway serves up a turkey: ‘Diana’ the musical 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

In America, he says, it's about discovery; in Britain, it's about recovery. WG Sebald: Darkness on the edge of Anglia 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z

Then she started looking for original work, and published a debut novella, “Every Day Is for the Thief,” by Teju Cole, which went on to become a critical sensation in Britain and the United States. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

In Britain, Agatha Christie specialized in murders committed by suspects you would never suspect, and Freeman Wills Crofts — in such classics as “The Cask” — showed how patient investigation can break down seemingly impregnable alibis. Review | Locked-room masterpieces from Japan are the perfect escape for summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

But those who succeed still have a few final steps to complete in Great Britain before they are ready to be sent into combat, said British Army Lt. Prince Harry due in US for military training 2011-10-07T15:46:04Z

The answer lies not just in Britain and France, but also in Europe’s former colonies in Africa. Rappers With African Roots Bridge a Hip-Hop Divide 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

If this vision of Britain wasn’t isolationist enough, Thomson’s first book, “Dreams of Leaving,” depicts an English village that no one is allowed to leave. Analysis | The novel that inspired ‘Blade Runner’ didn’t predict our current reality, but these writers did 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Sarpong has mingled with stars throughout her career, but she said she’d also gone to every corner of Britain while making TV shows. The Former Youth TV Star on a Mission to Transform the BBC 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, told a TV interviewer in June that, although he welcomed Britain’s departure from the European Union, he found the new rules unreasonable. For U.K. Bands, Touring Europe Is Now a Highway to Brexit Hell 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Britain is regularly used as a term when, in reality, people are talking about England. English devolution: a view from Scotland 2010-04-23T12:25:00Z

Could we ever match that kind of fervour and commitment to cinema in Britain? The Burkina Faso film festival fit a president 2011-03-10T22:33:01Z

A teenage girl from Britain said she randomly came across a Tumblr photo of Alex that was surreptitiously taken a week earlier. Alex From Target: The Other Side of Fame 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

So why are they only taking off in Britain now? Lobster rolls – get your claws in 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

But there's one thing Britain can always rely on - words. Making Hay: British book fest conquers the world 2010-06-02T11:37:00Z

In Britain, a recent survey by pollsters YouGov found that only 11 percent of respondents agreed that immigration had been good for the country, compared to 67 percent who viewed it as bad. British xenophobia on the rise 2013-01-03T21:17:00Z

Mr. Lee had better luck in horror movies, particularly at Britain’s Hammer Films, which pumped out sexed-up scare flicks. Christopher Lee, famous for villainous roles, dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Basically, we were reminded this weekend, Hawkwind is the closest Britain ever had to the tribal cult of the Grateful Dead, the enduring whole greater than the sum of its multifarious parts. Hawkwind plus Easter equals ... Hawkeaster! 2013-04-02T15:20:32Z

The poem's discovery created a minor sensation in Britain. Poem by Ted Hughes tells of Sylvia Plath's suicide 2010-10-07T18:32:00Z

The achieving of Britain's industrial might is not always a tale of grand heroism. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z

But Philip Ridley's "Mercury Fur," which ended its limited run at Trafalgar Studios last weekend, offers the most merciless vision of a self-devouring Britain since Sarah Kane's "Blasted" rattled audiences here in 1995. ArtsBeat: Britain Devours Itself Onstage: 'Mercury Fur' in London 2012-06-26T15:36:49Z

"It is widely considered to be his signature work, and is inseparably connected to Tate Britain," she After the display ends next April, the work will be made available on the gallery's touring programme. Tate buys Creed's Turner Prize work 2013-09-03T11:38:31Z

Later, over a coffee or beer, someone may mention the recent royal wedding attended by a full sweep of royal cousins: George of Britain, Nicholas of Russia and Wilhelm of Germany. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-05-08T10:30:01Z

Due to the conditions of its patent, Marmite could only be manufactured in Britain. A rose in every cheek: 100 years of Vegemite, the wartime spread that became an Aussie icon 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z

With much of Britain under lockdown restrictions for the third time, theaters, museums and concert halls have been forced to shut. An Organ Recital, With a Coronavirus Shot 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

The heyday of Britain’s seaside resorts was long past even before the onset of today’s socioeconomic hardships. I’m Not Going To Dismaland 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

But those tributes were soon overtaken by something else: demands for a new law in Flack’s name, to stop Britain’s tabloid newspapers from publishing stories that relentlessly dive into celebrities’ private lives. A TV Star’s Suicide Prompts a Blame Game in Britain 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

She was found guilty and became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. This week's new theatre 2013-02-16T00:05:17Z

Rather than a spectacular pageant of automatons, we got a celebration of Britain and its unique place in the world. Reader reviews: your take on Much Ado about Nothing and Danny Boyle's Olympic ceremony 2012-08-03T17:33:40Z

“It” is expected to devour the competition at the box office this weekend, building off the repeated reports of creepy-clown sightings around the United States and in Britain in recent years. Bill Skarsgard Talks About ‘It’ and Giving His Family a Scare 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Even so, it still does not have a distributor in the large film markets of the United States or Britain. Four Directors Cast Out of Hollywood. Four Different Futures. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

He ends in 1914 with Britain facing an unhappy choice between a European war with Germany and a civil war in Ireland. Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century Was Dealing With a Lot, Badly 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

To be honest, most producers in Britain are liars, thieves or morons. Guardian first film award: The Guard 2012-02-09T20:00:08Z

So draconian were its terms that it effectively guaranteed Britain would refuse to be pacified. In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z

But this exhibition, seen earlier at the Tate Britain and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, explodes that misconception. Review | The new David Hockney exhibition shows why he was such an art-world rebel 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

And it has not just been the members of Britain's political class who have found adjusting to diminished power and reach challenging. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z

Enoch Powell had evoked images of a race war in his 1968 "rivers of blood" speech, and Britain no longer seemed so tolerant of minorities. Mod: A Very British Style by Richard Weight – review 2013-04-07T07:00:01Z

Suburban Britain, as it happened, made the ideal location for a story about a conformist, emotionless, anti-intellectual dystopia. Blown up – how cinema captured the dark heart of the swinging 60s 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

They discovered that American parents are 13 percent less happy than American non-parents, the largest gap in all the countries surveyed, and one significantly larger than the gap observed in Great Britain and Australia. American parents are miserable: Moms and dads alike face a steep “happiness gap” 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Related: Why working-class actors are a disappearing breed I did this story recently about how the acting profession in Britain has become very middle class. Michael Moore: ‘Trump inspires his side. It’s like Munich in 1932’ 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

Being in Britain all through childhood, and the comparative lack of stimulus there was then. Jeremy Deller's visions of England 2013-06-01T22:00:01Z

That is, he was willing to sacrifice civilian lives to preserve the military force on which Britain’s freedom relied, and he was confident that British morale could withstand the assaults. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

A host of diplomats and ambassadors were also recognized for their exceptional services to Britain overseas. UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honored in Queen's New Year List 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

The questions from the audience, colored by Irish, Scottish and English accents, all marveled at the same thing: that Mr. Miller, acclaimed but hardly a household name, was not better known in Britain. Overnighter: Norwich, England ? a Getaway for Book Lovers 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z

That is the vision of the ancient Romans in Britain conjured up by a spectacular archaeological find. The battle for Cumbria's Roman helmet 2010-10-06T15:48:00Z

Formerly known as Tate Gallery, Tate Britain opened in 2000 when the Tate umbrella organization rebranded its museums and established the larger and more central Tate Modern on the south bank of the River Thames. Tate Britain Director to Move to Portuguese Museum 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

In recent years, Britain has tended to languish in the bottom half of the rankings — and many in the U.K. blame politics for their poor showing. No kitsch please, we're British: UK torn on glam Eurovision 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

According to Andrew Webb, who went in search of Britain's regional specialities for his book Food Britannia, sweet puddings are easy fodder for ridicule. What Jamie Oliver's Brazilian gaffe tells us about our deep emotions over food 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

In the early 1920s, electricity was available to only about 10 percent of homes in Britain. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

On Iraq, Mr Bower does his best to suggest that Mr Blair was guilty of an act of deliberate deception in sending Britain to war. The shredding of Tony Blair 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

With only 1 in 5 property-owning males eligible to vote, the Wyndhams and roughly 400 other families constituted the hub of Britain’s imperial machine. Review | These three sisters were the one percent of the one percent — before it all crashed 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

In an interview with Britain's Empire magazine, Bay admits that they "made some mistakes" while filming the critically panned sequel. "Transformers 2" director says film "was crap" 2011-03-07T02:06:51Z

As temperatures soared to burning point in Tasmania, the Met Office in Britain issued a downward-revised model of its predicted global temperature rises to 2017. Wildfires: an astonishing photograph of survivors in an age of catastrophe 2013-01-09T21:00:03Z

Yet on paper it works just fine, as a million purchasers in Britain alone would doubtless testify. One Day: a waste of a good tome 2011-08-24T09:51:15Z

When you debuted at the Reading Festival in Britain in the summer, you told the crowd, “I’m sorry you don’t know any of these songs, but you’re still going to love them.” Gerard Way Talks About His Comeback Album, ‘Hesitant Alien.’ 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

A domed mausoleum and some ghosts of cellars are all that remain of Hamilton Palace, once considered one of the most imposing homes in Britain. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Britain's Bonnie Tyler limped home with just 23 points despite a stirring performance, coming 19th of 26. Eurovision prize goes to Denmark, but real winner is Swedish host 2013-05-19T00:38:43Z

The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry reported that exports to Britain were up 32.4 percent year over year in September, making the country the world’s fourth-largest importer of Swiss watches. Watches See a ‘Brexit’ Boom 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

It is about a love for the north, and for Britain, of course, about love for their children and their families and their work, about rediscovering a love for life, in a funny old way. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z

“There’s an idea I was raised with in misogynist postwar Britain that feeling and rational thought were opposed,” Anohni said. Anohni Isn’t Afraid of the Darkness 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

Reading on mobile, click here to watch on YouTubeThe group are signed to a small Belgian label and were unknown in Britain until their second album, Rising Tide, was released here last August. Mokoomba: Zimbabwe's new sound 2013-04-25T15:19:15Z

Lets’s start with 1606 – what was happening in Britain at that point, and what was happening in the life and work of William Shakespeare? “It’s like if ‘When Harry Met Sally’ ended with everybody getting hit by a truck”: Inside the “Year of Lear” and the terrorist plot that changed Shakespeare 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

Britain's honors are bestowed twice a year by the monarch, at New Year's and on her official birthday in June. McCartney, 'God particle' scientist get honors 2012-12-29T01:53:02Z

The album is available in Britain from April 26. Usher's "good and bad" fight it out on new album 2010-04-23T13:03:00Z

It will roll out later in March in important markets like Britain, Mexico, Australia and Brazil. ‘Black Panther’ Dominates ‘Wrinkle in Time’ at Box Office 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

“It presses every button and captures Britain at the time.” 'They've turned Michael Gove into a vacillating fool' – politicians on Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

The British Museum's global perspective offers dynamic juxtapositions between Shakespeare's Britain and the world it was beginning to dream of colonising. Is Shakespeare Britain's greatest contribution to world culture? 2012-08-28T12:54:58Z

The altar found this year had also been used as ballast to support the walls of a huge timber building in use in the decades following Roman rule in Britain. Fresh insights from the UK's oldest museum of Roman remains 2012-08-15T07:00:00Z

Almost all current trends look ominous for Britain’s first four broadcast networks. The revolution will not be televised: 2016 was the year TV turned upside down 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Britain's King George VI once said about Boss guns: "Bloody beautiful; too bloody expensive." Arm Candy 2010-10-19T22:00:00Z

After he quit the Royal Ballet, Polunin - who had moved to Britain aged 13 to study dance - said he walked out because he could no longer handle the stress of a dance career. Runaway dancer Sergei Polunin returning to London 2013-05-28T15:25:22Z

Anushka Asthana echoes the sentiment of an overwhelming majority of Indians living in Britain when she says: "It was only in accepting that I was Indian that I finally felt comfortable being British." Cultural diversity is a fact. Let's celebrate it together 2010-12-26T00:07:02Z

The compilation series originated in Britain 15 years earlier. US music compilation album guru Bob Mercer dies 2010-05-12T16:31:00Z

Rowling has ever discussed the Battle of Britain as an influence on her fantasy universe, but she's precisely the right age to have been raised on such national mythological tales of Churchill-era nobility and sacrifice. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2": An action-packed curtain call 2011-07-14T00:01:00Z

Britain's cuisine is a mass of influences from outside. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

In Britain the rhetoric of class, like that of sex, was largely in code. The Servant: a 60s masterwork that hides its homosexuality in the shadows 2013-03-27T16:21:00Z

The spectacle of a Britain reduced to cultural rubble might strike a chord with Beckett-loving Nick Clegg. Waiting for Clegg and co: a funding tragedy in two acts 2010-07-16T14:40:00Z

It wasn't issued in Britain but it was the title tune to the renamed Young Ones film in the States. Burt Bacharach: 'I've a great admiration for Cliff Richard' – a classic interview 2013-06-05T08:56:37Z

Large arts institutions in Britain often garner more than 50 percent of their budgets from public funds, compared with roughly 10 percent for major institutions in the United States. Britain plans dramatic cuts in the arts 2010-08-06T23:35:00Z

Patty continued to work after Maxene's death and in 1990 toured Britain, singing with what was billed as the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Patty Andrews, 1918-2013 2013-01-31T05:19:34Z

The heritage site is dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in Britain. Black Cultural Archives 'magnificent' 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Fearful of slave revolts, enraged by the abolition of slavery in France and Britain, they saw themselves and their wealth as everywhere besieged. Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

When the ceremony takes place on Friday, it will bring much of Britain to a standstill. Westminster Abbey, Scaling Up 2011-04-24T00:49:23Z

Many of the more awe-inspiring designers hail from Britain, where there is a long heritage of hat wearing for formal occasions and a legacy of master milliners like Mr. Jones, Mr. Treacy and Noel Stewart. Hat Makers With Attitude 2011-10-03T18:23:15Z

Some museums in Britain have already shed important works, including a 4,500-year-old Egyptian statue, or are arranging to sell objects to create an endowment to help offset government cutbacks. Seeing a Cash Cow in Museums’ Precious Art 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

Just a few weeks ago, Britain’s theaters seemed to be on the verge of a triumphant return. Side Hustles and Handouts: A Tough Year Ahead for U.K. Theater Workers 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

The US and Britain were very different places at the time: America was at the height of its wealth and global power, and abstract expressionism suited the confidence of this epic society. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z

The British government placed an export bar on the painting, preventing it from leaving Britain. Getty and London’s National Portrait Gallery to Jointly Buy a Masterpiece 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

But, believing the judge was going to renege on the deal and extend his sentence, he chose to skip bail in 1978, fleeing the US to Britain, and then to France. Roman Polanski to attend Polish court 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Benson, who grew up in Britain, moved to the United States as part of a Fulbright program and earned an M.F.A. in directing at Brooklyn College. Sarah Benson Thinks Audiences Want a Challenge 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

The action takes place after the arrival of the First Fleet - the 11 ships from Great Britain that carried with them more than 1,000 convicts. McGovern on story behind Banished 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

But like Britain, CNN is a diminished empire that on special occasions still commands respect and attention. The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z

Like the management of Britain’s exit from the EU, our Brexit Means … podcast is the gift that keeps on giving. The story behind the US's World Cup meltdown – podcasts of the week 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

For a Britain that was fast losing its empire, the conquest of Everest was greeted with nationalistic euphoria. Jan Morris, Celebrated Writer of Place and History, Is Dead at 94 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Fox Searchlight The appearance of two new films about , widely considered to be the greatest of Britain's filmmakers, is a reminder that there was a time when he was also considered lovable. Do Hitchcock and The Girl reveal the horrible truth about Hitch? 2013-01-11T07:00:00Z

A picture of Britain … The Beano, watercolour on handmade rag. Share your art: weather 2012-06-13T15:42:33Z

“You can see those young men who were thrown into postwar Britain,” she told The Guardian, “and found humor here, found love here, found terror here.” In Nadifa Mohamed’s Latest, a Man Hangs for a Murder He Didn’t Commit 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

After 100 years of trimming the naughty and nasty bits from films, the board that classifies all entertainment for theatrical release in Britain is training up its new chief censor, a solicitor. British film censor faces new challenges after 100 years of horror, killing and sex 2012-11-10T15:01:52Z

Clark is not especially well known in America, but in Britain he was a pre-eminent figure of cultural life during the 20th century. ‘Kenneth Clark’ Paints a Portrait of a Cultural Titan 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Perhaps Modern Toss is indeed saying something profound about modern Britain with The F***yeux Tapestry. Pardon? What Modern Toss's F***yeux tapestry says about Britain today 2013-04-17T14:26:59Z

I'm not sure if this passion for the watery past extended into the 90s: certainly it's tempting to guess at the national psychology that made the sea so seductive in Thatcher's Britain. The Mary Rose museum has cast me adrift on a sea of 80s nostalgia 2013-05-30T16:00:01Z

And a spokesman for Britain’s culture ministry said in an email that it “will work with the V&A to see how we can return the Fabergé eggs to Russia at the right time.” As Big Shows of Russian Art End in Europe, Some Wonder What’s Next 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

There are, of course, differences between this fermentation of music in the UK and Venezuela – one of which is a reserve in Britain towards classical music. Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z

Now it will be heard in theaters across Britain along with the voices of dozens of other people from different corners of the country, in the first play to tackle Brexit. We need to talk about Brexit: Britannia hears her people in new play 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

The prize recognizes literary works translated into English and published in Britain. Six Books Shortlisted for Man Booker International Prize 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

I travel quite a bit across Britain and Europe and I had been observing the discontent with E.U. and Brussels, as well as the dissatisfaction with the process of globalization. ‘Britain Is No Home to Me’: Five Artists Respond to ‘Brexit’ 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Back then Boyle’s looks were as frequently discussed as her angelic voice, after she found fame by way of a 2009 episode of “Britain’s Got Talent.” A dream of time gone by: How PBS's "Les Misérables" helps process the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Go to Tate Britain and subject your psyche to The Coral Reef. A modern masterpiece: Mike Nelson's The Coral Reef 2010-06-14T12:55:00Z

The cause of radicalism in Britain was hindered by the spectre of mob rule. I depict a riot 2011-08-09T13:28:10Z

In Britain, where the weekly sales reporting period runs Sunday to Saturday, only about seven hours remained in the week after news of Ms. Winehouse’s death broke. ArtsBeat: Sales for Amy Winehouse's Music Spike After Her Death 2011-07-25T15:04:33Z

Countries including Britain, Canada and Australia — where the California earthquake movie "San Andreas" was recently filmed — have increasingly dangled lucrative incentives before Hollywood. Are film subsidies worth it? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

The book, an all-enveloping and mesmerizing social panorama, continues Mr. Kynaston’s grand project of chronicling everyday life in Britain from the end of World War II to the beginning of the Thatcher era. David Kynaston’s ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

On Saturday, “37 Days,” a dramatic mini-series examining the time between the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Britain’s entry into World War I, starring Ian McDiarmid, will be shown at 2 p.m. Spare Times for Aug. 1-7 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Laurie, 57, was already well-known in Britain in the late 1980s for his role in the comedy series 'Blackadder', and 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' with his friend and former comedy partner Stephen Fry. Hugh Laurie gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

BBC Two has been given access to Westminster Abbey for a behind-the-scenes look at one of Britain's most historical landmarks. BBC goes inside Westminster Abbey 2012-08-02T15:57:08Z

The UK is also party to international agreements that mean child support orders can be enforced by Filipino mothers against fathers in Britain – in theory. 'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

It rarely offers the "downstairs view" of 20th-century Britain that the subtitle promises. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z

The event was widely publicized in Britain and beyond. London police arrest woman after incident at Prince George's school 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

But also, as the late Anthony Howard once described him to me, "the best yellow journalist in Britain". Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z

While Queer Britain’s opening exhibition felt more cautious than Schwules’s explicitly political stance, it is perhaps just a starting point. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Some decades later, it entered the collection of Tate Britain as a bequest from Mrs. Meyer. The Secrets Behind Sargent’s Intimate Portrait of a Jewish Family 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

The new season of “Sherlock,” which already aired in Britain, makes its American debut this Sunday on PBS. ArtsBeat: A Conversation With Steven Moffat, a ‘Sherlock’ Co-Creator 2014-01-17T18:12:54Z

The soul and immediacy of the music made it a cult favorite in Britain, earning ardor from the then young stars Costello and Lowe, as well as Robert Plant. After Four Decades, the Swamp-Pop Singer Tommy McLain Rises Again 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Since Britain handed this remote, mountainous paradise over to NATO, the sergeant’s primary duty is to offer cheery hellos to the remaining residents. ‘Tigerman,’ by Nick Harkaway

Last year, at the Olympic opening ceremony the world focused on London and Britain was proud. Head to head: should councils cut arts funding? 2013-06-20T15:34:09Z

But if you think you know the Hans Christian Andersen story about a dancing girl and her ruby-red slippers from the famed Michael Powell film "The Red Shoes," Britain's Kneehigh Theatre makes you reconsider. Musicals from movies, TV, history try to find footing on slippery Broadway 2010-12-18T01:22:59Z

Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Cool anger drives Andrew Adonis's first-hand account of how tried to stop the Liberal Democrats handing Britain over to a reactionary and incompetent Conservative administration. 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew Adonis – review 2013-05-13T07:00:03Z

Pushkin Press released the first English translation of the book, by Sam Garrett, in Britain in November, and will publish it in the United States on Jan. 31. ‘The Evenings,’ a Dutch Classic, Arrives in English. It Only Took 70 Years. 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

Earlier this month, it also introduced diversity criteria for nominated films in some categories, following the lead of the BAFTAs, Britain’s major film awards. BAFTA Takes Steps on Diversity, After All-White, All-Male Shortlists 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

As secretary of state, he had preferred to maintain neutrality with regard to the burgeoning conflict between Britain and France. James Madison’s Zigzag Path 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

In Britain, the Northampton Museum was stripped of its accreditation and became ineligible for national government grants after the sale of the Egyptian statue to finance a museum remodeling. Seeing a Cash Cow in Museums’ Precious Art 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

The writer and broadcaster will front the show, Melvyn Bragg's Radical Lives, as it looks at the cultural impact of two men who were at the heart of historic revolts in Britain and overseas. BBC2 gets radical with Melvyn Bragg documentary 2013-06-12T12:54:24Z

At 27 he became keeper of fine art at the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, the oldest public museum in Britain. ‘Kenneth Clark’ Paints a Portrait of a Cultural Titan 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

The other kind, prevalent in Great Britain but inexplicably nonexistent in the United States apart from The Nation and an occasional Sunday edition of The New York Times, is a test of wits. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z

Done well, it could harness the enthusiasm of millions of sports fans, here and abroad, for something that Britain is indubitably good at: art. Ruth Mackenzie: 'There's no time to mess around' 2010-03-29T20:30:00Z

“The Quaker,” which was published last year in Great Britain and promptly anointed the Scottish crime book of 2018, takes place in Glasgow in 1969. Review | Based on serial murders that rocked Scotland, ‘The Quaker’ is a chilling suspense tale 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

The earlier formal gardens of 17th-century Britain were in their way more "modern", more scientific, than those that followed. Britain's garden state 2010-06-08T20:29:00Z

Immigration from the West Indies, India and Pakistan to Britain began in the late 1940s. Paul McCartney Says He was 'Racist' Without Knowing it As a Kid 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Yet Stalin is remembered as the man who modernised the Soviet Union and defeated the German attempt to conquer it, if not quite arm-in-arm with Britain and the US, then at least in expedient collaboration. Carry on up the Kremlin: how The Death of Stalin plays Russian roulette with the truth 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

It made her a star in Britain, though it was not released in the United States. Winehouse leaves behind unfulfilled promise 2011-07-23T18:55:00Z

He eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in economic history there, and also studied in Britain. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Britain, France and Germany provide Spain with nearly 50 percent of its total tourism numbers. In Spain, Searching for Ancestors, Dry Wine and Calm Seas 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

More importantly, Britain, which had been the linchpin of late 19th-century globalisation had been weakened by the first world war and was no longer able to provide the leadership role. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

But in Britain, where libel laws differ from those in the United States, the burden of proof is on the defendant. Review: In ‘Denial,’ Confronting a Holocaust Revisionist in Court 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Britain, the Republic of Ireland and Belarus are also open to U.S. citizens, but require a two-week quarantine. Europe’s Patchwork Reopening 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

And the playwright Brad Birch, who set the Guthrie’s pared-down adaptation in contemporary Norway, was particularly moved by the heightened political tensions in Britain over Brexit. Ibsen Wrote ‘An Enemy of the People’ in 1882. Trump Has Made It Popular Again. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

The protagonist of “The King at the Edge of the World” is Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician who knows nothing of Britain or the incomprehensible intricacies of its “false religion.” Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

From today's perspective it seems quaint that anyone could seriously have considered that it would have been in Britain's interests to join the single currency. Diaries, Volume 3 by Alastair Campbell ? review 2011-07-07T09:55:00Z

Ms. Figes’s first book was in fact an appraisal of feminism, “Because of Her Sex: The Myth of Equality for Women in Britain,” published in 1994 by Macmillan, where Ms. Rubinstein was her commissioning editor. Kate Figes, Feminist Author on Family Life, Dies at 62 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

In March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic shuttered museums across Britain, the viewing platform closed, too. Tate Modern’s Viewing Platform Is a Nuisance, Top U.K. Court Says 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

It's not the only thing that defines Britain, but it defines a certain sort of Britain – which is temperate, civil, argumentative, witty. Damazer awarded CBE for services to broadcasting 2010-12-31T00:01:13Z

While the Old Vic production of 's farce-within-a-farce Noises Off continues at the Novello Theatre, the same venue plays host to a work revealing another aspect of one of Britain's most successful writers. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-06-15T23:05:31Z

Institutions and individuals were encouraged to switch off their lights for an hour starting at 2200 BST, leading up to the moment 100 years ago when Britain declared war on Germany. Light column marks WW1 centenary 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

“Are we just going to bring in people from Great Britain and Australia?” he said. Clashes in the White House press room are riveting. But how far is too far? 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

All they know about Britain is that it has no mud. The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z

The arts generate growth: for a minuscule budget of £1bn, Britain gains its international reputation as a great cultural centre, drawing people to music, theatre, galleries and museums. Arts for everyone is cheap considering its rich returns 2010-07-27T19:36:00Z

That’s why Robert Harris added a murder mystery to “The Ghost,” his thinly disguised novel about the real reason Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain supported the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Television Review: David Hare?s ?Page Eight? on PBS - Review 2011-11-04T22:36:42Z

Macfarlane puts on his walking boots once more and heads out to tramp the old paths and bridleways that crisscross modern Britain. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z

In the past 10 years there has been a 66% increase in foreigners making Britain their home: 3 million new people. Rewind radio: The Story of Music in 50 Pieces; In Search of the British Dream – review 2013-02-02T23:00:02Z

The four-strong shortlist was announced on Thursday at a news conference at the Tate Britain art museum in London. Artist of Black Portraiture Leads Turner Prize Shortlist 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

Even the briefest glance across the many variations on the art that came Britain's way this year shows how right he was. Take Five 2012: John Fordham's year in jazz 2012-12-18T14:09:36Z

It was originally published in Britain in 2007 as “Starbook,” and ahead of its first release in the United States, Okri decided to completely refashion the text, accentuating aspects that he felt had been overlooked. It Took Nearly 30 Years. Is America Ready for Ben Okri Now? 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

So even though we all know how it goes, perhaps there's a household in Britain that still feels the need to own a copy. Songs about cads, fads and ads 2010-03-24T16:25:00Z

Google’s chatbot, called Bard, was released in March to a limited number of users in the United States and Britain. We Need to Talk (Just as Soon as I Consult ChatGPT) 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

I also got to know Django's family – they formed strong links with Britain in the second world war. Django Reinhardt: music, mischief and magic 2012-08-19T21:00:00Z

This debut crime novel, a hit in Britain, is laced with blind alleys; Ms. Lupton is an agreeable manipulator, guiding us down every last one, our suspicions willingly, pleasingly swerving from suspect to suspect. Newly Released Books 2011-06-15T22:35:38Z

The entrants from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain automatically qualified for the final because their countries contribute the most money to the competition. Last 10 Places for Eurovision Contest Are Decided 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Britain's biggest mortgage lender missed a self-imposed June-end deadline for making offers to most victims of the fraud. British TV personality Edmonds demands $392 million compensation for Lloyds HBOS' unit fraud 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

After an environmental disaster renders much of the globe uninhabitable, Britain — largely unscathed — barricades itself inside a massive concrete barrier. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

He eventually settled in Britain, where he went on to direct award-winning documentaries and features such as "My Summer of Love." Director, cinematographer talk about the old-style framing on 'Ida' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

The sculptures — 17 figures from the building’s pediments and part of the frieze — have been the subject of a long dispute between Britain and Greece, which has renewed its bid to bring the marbles home. Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

Immigration has surged in the past year, boosted by arrivals from China, India and other Asian countries, along with Britain and the United States. Vibrant New Zealand economy, tranquil lifestyle stoke migration boom 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

Released in 1962, it was a hit in Britain, but also did well commercially in the US. Sean Connery, James Bond actor, dies aged 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Deployments in Britain, France and even Cameroon preceded a permanent move home to France for a career as a claims adjuster. Two WW2 soldiers - one French, one German - united in will to remember 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z

The prince returned to Britain in November after two months of combat helicopter pilot training in the United States. Prince Harry says he is returning to Afghanistan 2011-12-21T14:18:57Z

It gave him insight into a culture that has provided Britain with a production line of Old Etonian politicians, including Johnson. Tinker, Tailor, Writer, Spy 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

On current evidence, they were made in Britain to designs that merely borrowed from Greece and Italy. What the Romans didn't do for us 2011-03-16T20:30:00Z

From about 1976 the whole of Britain - and not just Britain - knew about Punk, whether they loved it or were appalled. Julien Temple on The Clash and punk 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

This assessment, which the board said no amount of editing could undo, means the movie cannot legally be shown or sold anywhere in Britain. Arts & Leisure: ?The Human Centipede 2? From the Director Tom Six 2011-09-30T13:13:02Z

Exhausted by world war, Britain lacked the stomach, money and will to fight. Long, long road 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Their sensational art and lifestyles attracted significant media attention, helping Mr. Quinn rise as one of the most successful and controversial artists in Britain. Marc Quinn’s ‘The Toxic Sublime’ Shows a Provocateur and Social Observer 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Yet it is West Country teen Vicky Pollard that makes Little Britain a textbook example of problematic TV. Seinfeld and Simpsons – why your favourite TV show is problematic 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

In a relentlessly stylized fashion, the film insistently evokes the Britain of power failures and inflation and creepy public-service films. ‘In Fabric’ Review: The Dress Is Possessed. But It Was on Sale. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

An overdue candidate for Britain's jazz musician of the year prize was Guy Barker – particularly since, after a three-decade career as a trumpet star, he's lately added a powerful new string to his bow. Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – May 2013-05-21T16:06:18Z

Fugard, 78, is still writing and directing – a new play premieres in Britain this autumn. Athol Fugard berates dramatists for failing to confront injustice 2010-08-30T14:59:00Z

Back in Britain, Green had just eight months to arrange the contest. How Liverpool Put on a Song Contest for Ukraine 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

Once the mainstay of Britain's premier modern dance company, his works are now rarely seen. Step-by-step guide to dance: Robert Cohan 2010-05-18T10:57:00Z

Britain's wartime slogan "Keep calm and carry on" might have been his motto. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z

Doctors should be able to help terminally ill patients end their lives days or weeks before they die, one of the leaders of Britain's medical profession has urged. Call to let doctors help terminally ill patients die 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

Then, having had enough of representing bankers, she decided to become the chief spokeswoman for possibly the second most unpopular group in corporate Britain, the energy companies. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z

As Jamie Andrews points out in his introduction to the published edition, it is not difficult to see the play as a metaphor for the persecution of homosexuals in 1950s Britain. Personal Enemy 2010-06-29T22:20:00Z

Fox quotes one historian who suggests it was Britain’s worst defeat since Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

This documentary interweaves 70 years of Stuart Hall's film, radio and television appearances, and material from his private archive to document a memorable life and construct a portrait of Britain's foremost radical intellectual. The Carpetbagger: From Sundance, a Competition Slate That Could Be Called Accessible 2012-11-28T21:00:48Z

She remained through the end of the show’s run in Britain, a decision that still gnaws at her. Sex and Violence, Beyond the Script 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

It sold out so quickly in Britain that the book’s publisher there had to rush a second printing of one million copies. Long After the Bomb, Its Story Finds a New Audience 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

Bestsellers like the Harry Potter series and Jamie Oliver's cookbooks are credited for helping to keep Britain top of the list. Britain ranks as top book producer 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Yet with coronavirus cases soaring in Britain because of the more contagious Delta variant, theaters fear more cancellations, given that many young actors and crew members are not yet fully vaccinated. Covid Surge Shuts Down West End Shows 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

The world woke up to the show's genius last summer, and the prospect of a new series is guaranteed to induce squeals of delight in both middle England and metropolitan Britain. Behind the scenes at The Great British Bake Off 2013-07-20T18:00:00Z

When the architect Lord Rogers was asked by Tony Blair to do a survey of urban Britain, he was advised "to avoid using words like beauty if I wanted to be taken seriously". We all care about beauty ? why don't politicians? 2010-04-08T07:06:00Z

Tate Britain hopes there will be fewer critics when the rehang is opened to the public next May. Tate Britain promises new chronological display of art treasures 2012-05-17T18:00:33Z

Health care workers and members of Britain’s armed forces were among those invited to Tuesday’s premiere in thanks for their work during the pandemic. Royals join cast of new Bond film for glitzy London premiere 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Britain was changing, or so went the conventional wisdom, with postwar affluence having led the working class to adapt middle-class attitudes and lifestyles. Movie Review: ‘56 Up’ Adds to Michael Apted’s Documentary Series 2013-01-03T23:33:57Z

Britain has organized a series of events to mark 40 years of punk under the banner "Punk.London" - an official celebration that has angered many veterans of the anti-establishment musical and cultural explosion. Multi-million pound Sex Pistols collection to go up in flames 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

I do know that I felt I lacked the opportunities I deserved in Britain. Looking back on New Labour: Peter Akinti 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

Some countries, such as Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia, quarantine incoming pets; others, such as Germany and Britain, ban certain breeds. Alternatives to flying with your pet — and how to stay safe when you can’t avoid it 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Around 40 percent of the university’s students comes from outside Britain, Mr. Malik-Johnson pointed out. British Students Paint Over Kipling Mural, Protesting ‘Racist Attitudes’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Challenge” at the Almeida Theater, it was unclear until only two weeks ago as to whether many of its members would be allowed to enter Britain. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Familiar Faces and Themes All Over the World 2011-07-21T19:00:11Z

Mantel used the life of Marie Antoinette as her starting point, drawing comparisons between 18th-century France and modern Britain. Royal bodies 2013-02-19T11:34:00Z

Have you got what it takes to be Britain's next great film-maker? This week's new film events 2013-02-16T06:00:00Z

Its main aim was to brainwash politicians into taking Britain into a disastrous war with France. Inconvenient People by Sarah Wise - review 2012-11-09T22:55:02Z

Still, isn't there still an argument that we can see the acceptance of black women as sex symbols in Britain as a positive? A good news story on Page 3 of the Sun, courtesy of black model Sylvia Barrie 2012-06-21T11:10:35Z

When news of the deaths of Scott and his companions finally reached Britain there was a torrent of national mourning. Captain Scott letter goes on display on anniversary of his death 2013-03-29T00:05:01Z

Most are little known in Britain, and some have to drum up their own audiences by handing out fliers on the street. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

When a match is made, the pairing is saved in an online gallery and displayed at Tate Britain. Artificial Intelligence as a Bridge for Art and Reality 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

“Turner’s Modern World,” seen at Tate Britain last year and arriving Oct. Seeking Historical Exhibits That Speak to the Here and Now 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

For instance, when industrial labour was the destiny of more than two-thirds of the people in Britain, discipline, self-denial and abnegation were absolutely necessary for the machinery of production to function. Celibacy in an intensively sexualised world is a curious anomaly 2013-03-04T08:00:19Z

The mounting political chaos of that whole Brexit week left Britain with an utterly unpredictable political future and the looming possibility of economic chaos. Opera and Brexit in London 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

In Britain, Directors UK released guidelines supporting this last year. 'Everyone's heard the horror stories' – how to do an ethical sex scene 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

In the weeks before the sale we have been reminded of the remarkably international appeal of Austen, one of Britain's greatest authors. Jane Austen manuscript auctioned for almost ?1m 2011-07-14T18:26:22Z

An American reporter is on hand to print the legend and to impress his readers with Britain's abiding capacity for martial glory, far from the futility of the Western Front and the disaster of Gallipoli. Lawrence of Arabia – review 2012-11-22T20:59:01Z

Ford added: "It's a fun channel and quite reflective of Britain as it is, it's a blue-collar approach to Britain but that's not to say it's downmarket." Channel 5 programme chief: why won't Ricky Gervais work for us? 2011-08-27T18:06:00Z

Labour Party deputy leader Harriet Harman also said Morgan had questions to answer over the extent of phone hacking within Britain's media industry. Lawmakers: Piers Morgan should discuss hacking 2011-08-04T16:11:08Z

There’s no doubt that Britain’s hills, lakes and heaths make for perpetually awe-inspiring settings. In Britain, Enraptured by the Wild, Lonely and Remote 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

At London's Tate Britain museum, which is displaying the works of all four Turner Prize contenders, she showcased collage-like presentations of everyday day objects such as cotton buds, shoe soles, limes, coins, marbles and eggs. London-based artist Helen Marten wins Britain's Turner Prize 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

He tweaks them for boycotting the legislative council elections that Britain — then Palestine’s mandatory power — held in 1923, while the Zionists participated. No Light at the End of This Tunnel 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Every year Halloween bursts through the slats of Britain’s door and insists it’s a thing. Fancy dress is great role play – as long as you’re under 10 | Eva Wiseman 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

It’s about a chameleon better known in his native Britain, where this book was published last year with the title “Churchill’s Iceman.” Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

With Britain in recession and the Conservatives falling in the polls, Cameron's leisure habits have increasingly been criticised by both his Conservative and Labour opponents as a sign of complacency. David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography 2012-05-19T10:46:51Z

While Italian media criticized Britain for acting unilaterally, commentators also said the event underscored Italy's diminishing international clout. Italian president condemns botched British raid in Nigeria 2012-03-09T13:57:06Z

“The first time I came here, I just couldn’t …” he trails off, before citing the usual American criticisms of Britain: the food and the weather. Mark Wahlberg: ‘I played golf with Donald Trump. He was very Donald Trump-like’ 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Ellis was found guilty and became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. The Thrill of Love – review 2013-02-27T18:06:27Z

Billed as "Britain's youngest singing star," she performed widely on the postwar concert and variety circuit with forays into radio, gramophone recording and even early television. "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

The idea that tea is good for you originated in China over 4,000 years ago, and word quickly spread to Portugal, India and Britain. 5 surprising ways tea can improve your health 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

With the departure of Britain, the European Union is, for the first time, retracting in size. Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

But pressure on Britain's best-selling paper had intensified in recent years, with a campaign drawing support from politicians, trade unions, universities and a breast cancer charity, among many others. UK's Sun drops topless 'Page Three girls' after campaign 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

They are also another excuse to revisit historic Britain at its most jolly decent and imperially mighty, which never hurts. Goodbye Christopher Robin and the problem with author biopics 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

A recent estimate by the London office of the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright estimated that airlines pay “well in excess” of $209 million per year in EU 261 claims in Britain alone. Before you use a flight-delay compensation company, take a minute to think twice 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

It is privately owned by Victoria, her husband David and agent Simon Fuller, and manufactures the majority of its clothing in Britain. Victoria Beckham's fashion business raises $40 mln for expansion 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

Curtis, whose idea it was, said it was something Tate Britain ought to do because the museum's collection "covers nearly 500 years but not quite". Tate show charts history of violence against art 2013-07-05T15:42:48Z

Discerning preverbal operagoers need not fear: “BambinO” earned good reviews when it had its premiere last summer in Britain. Operagoers So Young, the Met Adds Changing Tables and Stroller Parking 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

His sense of anger at the social injustice of Victorian Britain runs through his work and helps explain his appeal to later generations. Royal party and read-a-thon mark big day for Dickens 2012-02-03T15:10:56Z

The authors of “The Churchill Myths” argue that “a diverse Britain now has a diversity of Churchills.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

The divisive comic and Britain's Got Talent judge has been lambasted for trading on and undermining the Edinburgh fringe festival, where ticket prices have traditionally remained affordable. Michael McIntyre charges £31 for unfinished show at Edinburgh fringe 2012-06-26T10:40:32Z

As a 10-year-old in 1943 I found immensely comforting its clever device of using a flashback to suggest that the events took place several years before Britain emerged victorious from the second world war. Went the Day Well? 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z

The day before my departure, Britain had voted to leave the European Union, threatening the global economy. Fly-Fishing in Montana, Where a River Still Runs Through It 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

AM First shown on Christmas Day, Matt Lucas and David Walliams's follow-up to Little Britain is a spoof of the various fly-on-the-flying-wall airport docs that littered our screens in the early 2000s. TV highlights 31 December 2010-12-20T05:35:00Z

She was already a fan of the creator Julia Davis’s “Nighty Night” and “Human Remains,” which have made her a star in Britain but earned only a cult following here. Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner Go ‘Camping’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

His father committed suicide that spring, and his mother escaped to Britain as well. Wolfgang Suschitzky, Photographer and Cinematographer, Dies at 104 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z

Finally, it is the Glorious Twelfth in Britain today, the opening of grouse-shooting season and, not incidentally, a day of rage for those who abhor the killings on the moors. What to Cook This Weekend 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

It’s no good getting a posh road racer if your home is surrounded by potholes, which applies to most of us who live in post-austerity Britain. Beware jeans, avoid the gutter, keep your saddle dry … 10 tips to make cycling a delight 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

If you're a politician or someone simply interested in Britain today, how can this not be of use to you? My Street life 2010-12-03T07:00:00Z

There is not quite enough sense of the social texture of Britain, and how that changed, as Thatcher rose, and how that change helped her. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z

The great emphasis on sculpture that has been apparent since Penelope Curtis took over as director of Tate Britain proves troublesome too. Walk Through British Art – review 2013-05-18T14:59:01Z

They accompany him to every day of Royal Ascot, along with the likes of Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, and are frequently clamped either side of him at red-carpet events. Simon Cowell and the Witches of Eastwick 2010-07-15T18:59:00Z

There is some theater in Britain, at drive-in and outdoor venues. London’s West End Comes Out of Lockdown. For an Afternoon. 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

And some not-so-British things that Britain owns, such as West Indian islands and Iberian caves. David Mitchell on new World Heritage sites 2011-03-27T00:05:36Z

The British want it to fund a slave revolt; the French want the money to assist in funding the war with Britain. Review: Ethan Gage returns in `Emerald Storm' 2012-05-08T20:02:11Z

We didn’t know what or why we were chanting, but in retrospect the message was clear: the Black Country should be white and the rest of Britain, too. My favourite film aged 12: You Only Live Twice 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

The 1992 novel by Jamaican-born British author Victor Headley on which the film is based was described by its publisher as the first popular title aimed at a black audience in Britain. Idris Elba brings 'Yardie' to Berlin International Film Festival 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Britain, historically, is an expensive vacation destination, and all of a sudden, with the weakened pound, it’s become more affordable, so of course people want to come,” she said. After ‘Brexit’ Vote, a Burst of Interest in Travel to Britain 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

The fact that the BBC, which produced the show, agreed to such a long break between seasons is a testament to Wainwright’s stature as one of Britain’s best TV writers. In Its Final Season, ‘Happy Valley’ Grapples With Healing 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

Fine, Britain, you win: We will have panto. Review: ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Is a Holiday Treat Worth Savoring 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, across Britain, dance performances are turning up in music and poetry festivals, or at site-specific events in parks and squares. Judith Mackrell on dance 2010-07-14T20:45:00Z

Racing pundits said Francis would be remembered for riding the Queen Mother's horse Devon Loch when it inexplicably belly-flopped when close to winning Britain's most prestigious race, the Grand National, in 1956. 2010-02-14T17:57:00Z

One of the few systematic surveys of the benefits of art for older people was published by the Mental Health Foundation of Britain in 2011. New Worlds Open at the Artist’s Easel 2014-03-12T21:13:42Z

Those who voted for Britain to leave the European Union declared they were wresting autonomy away from the bureaucratic clutches of an unresponsive, Brussels-based elite. In ‘The People vs. Democracy,’ Trump Is Just One Populist Among Many 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Sir Elton said at the time he was "very proud" of Britain for changing the law. Elton John and David Furnish marry 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

But within Britain’s art world, more is at stake. Still Fighting Over the Turner Prize 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

“The Improbability of Love” received warm reviews when it was published in Britain in May and it is being translated into six languages. Hannah Rothschild Adds Novelist to Her Résumé 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

While Brexit’s effect on Britain’s economy and politics is uncertain, there is more clarity for travelers. How Brexit Will Affect Travel to the U.K. and Europe 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

The first of four nightly programmes in which Anna Richardson takes her sex education roadshow around the schools of Britain in a bid to demystify the unspeakable act for a nation of discomfited teens. A Century of Fatherhood 2010-07-05T05:44:00Z

And yet, in remarkably speedy "breaking news" style, Britain's MCs and rappers are putting it into words – already. Rap responds to the riots: 'They have to take us seriously' 2011-08-12T17:15:46Z

Sylvie was one of Britain's first egg donors – in 1991, her eggs were used in a fertility treatment at a Harley Street clinic. TV highlights 30/08/2011: The Great British Bake Off 2011-08-29T22:00:00Z

But High Fidelity was a surprisingly successful transfer of Nick Hornby to America, and Dirty Pretty Things was another artful look at the underside of Britain. David Thomson on Stephen Frears 2010-09-02T21:05:00Z

Gautier was shipped back to Britain after three months of fighting in Normandy, one of only 25 French commandos to escape death or wounding in the Battle of Normandy. Two WW2 soldiers - one French, one German - united in will to remember 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z

Susan Boyle, who shot to fame on Simon Cowell's "Britain's Got Talent" show, had the best selling album of the year with "I Dreamed a Dream," which sold 8.3 million units. Global music sales fell 7 percent in 2009, Boyle tops chart 2010-04-28T10:07:00Z

McAnulty, 17, is fast becoming one of Britain and Ireland’s most acclaimed nature writers for work that is brimming with his passion as well as open about his autism. A Young Naturalist Inspires With Joy, Not Doom 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

After graduating he lived in Britain for several years, serving as managing editor of New Left Review, a Marxist journal. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Plant said he wanted to evoke pastoral Britain in what became "Stairway" and the writing process started "rolling pretty fast" after he voiced the opening lines. Backstage pass to making of Led Zeppelin's epic 'Stairway' 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Another difference is the drinking age, which is 18 in Britain. Will and Kate (and Uncle Sam) Studied Here 2014-04-18T19:43:09Z

Sex appeal is an incredibly individual thing, yet you talk of Hollywood as if the whole of Britain were in perfect agreement that he is unbelievably hot. Do today's TV chefs have to be sex symbols too? 2013-03-23T18:00:01Z

It was on the shortlist that year for the Mercury Prize, Britain’s award for musical quality. A Band ‘About Being Messy and Chaotic’? Porridge Radio Finds Its Moment. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

In every other aspect, Britain has its fingerprints all over this place. Notes from a trailing spouse: the hot sauce is great but grocery shopping can feel like a roller derby and Abu Dhabi is no place for a barfly 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

The prince, who trained in California, in southern Arizona and in Britain, will now fly Apaches on exercises in the U.K. Prince Harry qualifies as Apache helicopter pilot 2012-02-09T00:02:16Z

The song, featuring the line “Goodbye England’s rose” instead of the original words “Goodbye Norma Jean”, went on to become the fastest-selling single in Britain. Elton John: I needed teleprompter for Princess Diana's funeral song 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

The novel was published by Jonathan Cape in Britain in August to strong reviews and will be released in the United States by Knopf on Sept. 30. Martin Amis’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Makes European Publishers Squirm 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Britain's high streets, malls and online sites were awash with discounts on Friday as more retailers than ever embraced U.S.-style "Black Friday" promotions, seeking to kickstart trading in the key Christmas period. UK retailers embrace 'Black Friday' discounts 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Strick had moved to Britain, where he made a riveting TV documentary called The Hecklers about the 1966 general election. Joseph Strick obituary 2010-06-17T18:02:00Z

Back in the day, Queen Elizabeth I herself recognized that the playwright’s scripts often were thinly veiled depictions of the current political scene in Britain and even of herself. Of Caesar, guns and trolls: The evil that men do 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

These works were hits with London critics, but when international attention came with an invitation to represent Britain at the 1966 World Festival of Negro Arts, in Senegal, Bowling said he was irked. Frank Bowling’s New Paintings Are Family Affairs 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

But Germany, it is increasingly clear, does not want Britain to leave. European Union: time to get aboard 2013-04-02T20:51:22Z

So the dealer had it cleaned and took it to a leading Constable expert, Anne Lyles, a former curator at Tate Britain. With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z

But in Britain there has been a recent spate of headline-grabbing cases where the people ultimately charged aren’t the alleged rapists, but the women who filed the claims in the first place. The Problem With Prosecuting Women For False Rape Allegations 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

The exploit that earned him Britain's highest military gallantry award stands out even in such exalted company. Lachhiman Gurung obituary 2010-12-22T18:04:21Z

She wanted to hear “Drive” by The Cars, a hit in Britain in the 1980s. The Tiny Radio Stations That Lift Spirits in Hospitals 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

Fears that the celebrations would be met with apathy in an anxious, recession-afflicted Britain were unfounded. After jubilee success, monarchy faces the future 2012-06-05T19:08:17Z

It's worth noting that, following his work on the Olympics opening ceremony, director Danny Boyle turned down the knighthood offered in recognition of his services to Britain. TV highlights – 08/05/2013 2013-05-08T06:00:04Z

He added: "They are some of the most outstanding examples of decorative and figurative painting that survive in Britain from between the 8th and 16th centuries." British Library digs out decorative paintings to brighten up dark ages 2011-08-24T23:05:02Z

While Britain celebrates Mother’s Day on March 22, other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia and others mark it on the second Sunday in May. Prince Harry, Meghan pay tribute to all mothers 2019-05-12T04:00:00Z

He's still playing, and this new recording, his first made in Britain, shows that he hasn't lost what our own guitar hero Martin Simpson calls "his unbelievably funky guitar style". Spider John Koerner: What's Left of Spider John – review 2013-04-25T21:45:01Z

"As we were shooting 12 Years there was a feeling that we were doing something a bit different," says Bobbitt, who is based in Britain, when we meet ahead of the film's UK opening. Why is 12 Years a Slave hard to watch? 2014-01-15T02:19:52Z

"The Hour" has been hailed for recasting a time usually remembered in Britain as a gray era of postwar austerity. BBC drama 'The Hour' back to make the 1950s sexy 2012-11-28T18:16:04Z

In Britain, newly privatised NHS hospital groups periodically fail – typically because they are encouraged to make all manner of profits but forbidden to charge what they think the market might bear. Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

Walton takes no didactic stance on Britain's right to impose its rule on a quarter of the world, he takes imperium as fact and calls it "the greatest empire in world history" – forget Rome. Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton – review 2013-01-31T11:00:01Z

In the opening chapter of My Life in Orange, he writes of a boy who hanged himself at a Bhagwan community in Britain. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

Now actor Vincent Franklin is on stage portraying one of Britain's greatest film stars, Charles Laughton. Stage revival of film giant Laughton 2013-10-19T06:55:43Z

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight aerial show was cancelled, the inclement weather prevailing where the Luftwaffe could not. I’m Not Going To Dismaland 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The most powerful woman in Britain is the Queen. The Woman's Hour list proves that there is nothing soft about real power 2013-02-13T20:00:02Z

All that her neighbors know about her is that she makes great scones; they don’t realize she’s funneling atomic secrets from Britain and the U.S. to the Soviet Union. 15 Books to Watch For in September 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Along with the time-wasters, here in Leeds is a man who's had a stroke, one of 400 in Britain on any day. Keeping Britain Alive: the NHS in a Day; The Great British Bake Off Easter Masterclass – TV review 2013-03-27T07:00:21Z

Even so, the album with the single, “Not a Little Girl Anymore,” hit No. 40 in Britain, with Rolling Stone noting that it brought “this multi-styled English artist into the mainstream of contemporary R&B.” Linda Lewis, British Singer Whose Voice Knew Few Limits, Dies at 72 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

In Britain, a fun holiday tradition is the “panto” — campy fairy-tale plays with outrageous costumes, sets, dance numbers and audience participation. Vacation like a local by embracing Europe in the offseason 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

Whatever the cause, one thing's for sure: between Britain and , it's been over for some time. Pete Doherty to star in film in France, his new spiritual home 2010-12-12T00:08:00Z

Many would question the need for another retrospective; the group’s “Greatest Hits” is the best-selling record ever in Britain, with “Greatest Hits II” not far behind. Fresh Releases by Pink Floyd and Queen 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

A gospel version of “Stand By Me” changed the life of choir leader Karen Gibson and, she believes, marked a cultural shift in Britain. Gospel choir leader says royal wedding song marked cultural shift 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

He is pictured above the words: "Don't let him take Britain back to the 1980s." David Cameron depicted as Gene Hunt in Labour poster 2010-04-02T20:16:00Z

The label explains that the photographer, Charles Jones, was a gardener who worked on major estates in nineteenth-century Britain, and who had a practice of making photographs of things he grew, arranged as still lifes. The Majesty of Early Photography 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

But the breadth of subjects covered before that outburst – drugs, Britain's hankering after an empire, Alec Guinness – was also characteristic of one of the few metallers to have gained widespread admiration outside the leather-and-long-hair brigade. In praise of ? Lemmy 2011-01-10T00:05:18Z

“We That Are Young,” a hectic new novel by Preti Taneja, a retelling of King Lear set in present-day India, was published last year in Britain to much acclaim. A King Lear Set in India, Wild and Tragic as Ever 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

The reports surprised fans of Ms. Cole, a star in Britain who is not well known in the United States. ArtsBeat: Reports of a Shake-Up in the 'X Factor' Cast 2011-05-26T12:40:32Z

“I am continually astounded by Britain’s political and media culture,” says Menaker. 'We just want to make fun of Toby Young!': socialist US comics Chapo Trap House 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Gibbs discovered that Female 2’s days-long departure from the herd was actually the best-case scenario: She had secluded herself to give birth to the first wild bison born in Britain in more than six millennia. For the first time in 6,000 years, a bison is born in the wild in the U.K. 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

AM The Untold Battle Of Britain On 31 August 1940, 303 Squadron entered the fray just as the Battle of Britain entered its most critical phase. Disappearing Dad: Timeshift 2010-06-29T07:00:00Z

Climate change may be an opportunity for many species to expand north through Britain but they are hampered by fragmented habitat. Butterflies: a stunning new film gets close to these elusive insects 2010-12-12T00:20:00Z

Mr. Dyer said, “For Britain and France, it was a victory that was all but indistinguishable from defeat. Just being able to endure it was seen as heroic.” ArtsBeat: A Great War Reading List at PEN World Voices Festival 2014-05-02T18:57:31Z

It is like Britain's later cathedrals, which rose up over shrines. David Attenborough's big dig 2010-10-25T21:01:00Z

I don’t dismiss the harm to India and others from his prejudices, but forcing Hitler to abandon the Battle of Britain to invade Russia was a World War II turning point. Banned Books, Parisian Spaghetti Dinners and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

It was the type of event that delays many court proceedings in Britain, even outside a pandemic. A Theater Serves as a Courthouse, Provoking Drama Offstage 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z

The international editor of Channel 4 News in Britain and a longtime combat reporter, Hilsum was one of many colleagues drawn into Colvin’s orbit. She Reported From the World’s Combat Zones, at the Cost of Her Life 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

As in many European countries, workers in Britain’s culture sector are covered by economy-wide job protection programs. Cultural Life Is Back in Europe. In the U.K., They Talk of Collapse. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

But across the ocean, America became seized by grunge’s fuzzed-out rage, and when that sound bounced back to Britain, one logical progression was shoegaze — heavenly clouds of distortion under soft, androgynous vocals. Shoegaze, the Sound of Protest Shrouded in Guitar Fuzz, Returns Again 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

As the departing colonial power, Britain was charged with seeing both communities to independence in good order. Promise land 2011-01-28T08:52:01Z

Wild Target hits cinemas in Britain on June 18 with the movie also set to be released in France and the United States later this year. Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint "ready to move on" 2010-06-16T11:16:00Z

Vettriano and Banksy are surely the most famous artists in Britain today – the most widely recognised and probably most liked by the greatest number of people. LeRoy Neiman was a famous artist, not a great one 2012-06-21T11:32:15Z

When Jarrott returned to Britain in 1960, Newman, who had joined ABC Television, invited him to join his team of young directors. Charles Jarrott obituary 2011-03-06T18:49:41Z

No, she says, it's not because she's perceived differently in Britain than the States. Courtney Love: 'Sometimes I'm a little bit weird... but never unpopular' 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z

Fighter aircraft, parachute displays, the Red Arrows, wingwalkers, a Battle of Britain Memorial flight, a flying boat, a P–51 Mustang and fireworks should ensure that your eyes are fixed skywards for the entire weekend. This week's new events 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z

Australia's laws and culture are based upon Britain's, an imprint of its colonisation by European explorers in the late 18th century. Bring Australian theatre in from the outback 2010-09-07T09:07:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod Andrew Marr's latest book is "a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century" – and it's currently lying all over a road in Berkshire. Andrew Marr books block road 2010-09-22T10:53:00Z

Tate Britain, for instance, was given money by the Foundation to fund a Henry Moore Foundation research fellow, specifically to research Tate's holdings of Moore's works. Henry Moore has carved out a bigger reputation than he deserves 2012-12-12T14:43:57Z

Explorers have found the wreck of HMS Terror, the second of two British ships lost in the disastrous 1845 Franklin expedition to Canada's Arctic Northwest Passage, Britain's Guardian newspaper said on Monday. Canada finds second ship from doomed Franklin voyage: report 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

The new leg of the tour will commence in Dublin’s Croke Park stadium on May 17, before moving to Britain and Europe in June, before the final shows in Prague and Warsaw in July. Rolling Stones announce first British concerts in five years 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

But awareness is growing in Britain, despite there not being a crisis. British Gallery Turns Down $1.3 Million Sackler Donation 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Libel laws in Britain carry much weaker protections for publishers than in the United States. A veteran newspaper editor grapples with a seemingly simple question: What is journalism? 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Previous discussions have been overshadowed by a row over whether or not Britain in future would have to accept chlorinated chicken from the US as part of any agreement. UK anti-obesity drive at risk from new US trade deal, doctors warn 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

“Awakenings” took form in music first as a ballet score, commissioned by the Rambert Dance Company in Britain, which premiered in 2010. An Oliver Sacks Book Becomes an Opera, With Help From Friends 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

In this regard, the U.S. is on a level closer to Indonesia than Great Britain or Canada. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: “Poverty is what makes the rich rich” 2013-06-02T13:00:00Z

Told to a soundtrack of Billie Holiday, this is a story of women trapped in a seedy underworld, and sexual obsession mixed up with dreams of escape in dreary, grey 50s Britain. This week's new theatre 2013-03-30T06:00:21Z

Although he grew up in an atheist household in Stanmore, north London, Kosminsky is, as he puts it "racially Jewish"; his paternal grandfather came to Britain, aged three, as a refugee from pogroms in Poland. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z

He moved to Britain in the 1970s, and bought the Ritz Hotel in Paris in 1979, as “The Crown” depicts. ‘The Crown’: The Story of Mohamed Al-Fayed and His Valet 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

The PBS documentary also focuses the dueling interests of cattle ranchers from Ireland and Britain who brought old hostilities from Europe to the plains of New Mexico. 'Billy the Kid' PBS film explores Hispanic link 2011-12-10T01:16:08Z

Lewisian gneiss are the oldest rocks in Britain – and some of the oldest in the world. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

“Personally, I think it’s just a fad, especially if you’re vegan and looking for different options,” she said of the hype in Britain. Think Outside the Banana. Eat the Peel. 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

Britain has a rich heritage of protests, from the Suffragettes, to the Poll Tax demonstrations, to the Iraq War protests. Demonstrating on 26 March? Donate your placard 2011-03-18T15:41:51Z

Or rather, the student at the University of Bristol in Britain wants you to reconsider this tiny insect. Fleas have been mysterious insects. But scientists just found their living ‘sisters.’ 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z

The early rounds of Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor are a circus fairground where we're invited to laugh at the freaks and clowns. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Since arriving in Britain, Korwar had experienced “everyday racism and prejudice,” he said. Beyond the Stereotypes, a New View of Indian Music 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Here's half of a famous British double portrait from the early years of the 17th century, now in Tate Britain. Guess the artwork 2011-02-02T11:00:00Z

Jo Cox, an opponent of Leave, by an assassin who shouted “Britain first!” as he attacked. In “Brexit,” Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Peculiar Man Who Wants to Upend the Order of the World 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Modern Britain may be a nation torn by the political and cultural battles over Brexit, which took effect on Jan. 31. The Culinary Couple Who Built a British Empire 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

What would Britain be like without any TV experts to sort things out? Expert view 2010-03-18T13:57:00Z

And here’s even more good news: Eating well in Germany is an amazing value — cheaper than in France, Britain, Italy or Scandinavia. German cuisine is a treat for travelers 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

Although Britain doesn't have quite the same awe-inspiring range of geographical extremes as New Zealand, that wouldn't stop the tourists from pouring in. Dream relocation: The Hobbit's Middle-earth made in middle England 2010-10-25T15:07:00Z

Published in America in March and just out in Britain, it is, against all odds, the talk of the season. Friend in need 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Flight Free has a larger presence in Australia and Britain, and across Europe, a number of similar organizations are rallying travelers to abandon air travel. The No-Jet Set: They’ve Given Up Flying to Save the Planet 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

Britain is a bit player in the story of European sculpture. Europe is a living museum of sculpture. Britain is just the gift shop 2013-01-14T16:05:10Z

We got the ball rolling today with a clip from The Rime of the Modern Mariner, Mark Donne's fond portrait of London's docks and Britain's declining shipping industry, narrated by Carl Barât of Libertines fame. Close up: Hunting beaver in Texas 2011-03-10T16:51:00Z

The Crimean war, of course, was almost a disaster from Britain's point of view. Under Every Leaf by William Beaver - review 2012-05-18T08:00:03Z

Beneath a photograph of Britain's Most Wanted Man as an infant, The Sun ran the caption "Cute baby … but two-month-old Moat clenches his fists". Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: The news 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Mr. Menasse’s uncle also came to Britain and volunteered for the British Army. Brussels, E.U. Capital, Gets a Novel, Both Tart and Empathic 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

The loan would be part of a wider cultural exchange between Britain and France over the next four years, she said. British PM May says honored by French loan of Bayeux Tapestry 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

But the problem with it psychologically is that Britain is Protestant and therefore Catholicism becomes an essential marker of Irishness. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

Later in their teenage years, this behavior, alongside incidents of petty theft and arson, would ultimately lead them to Broadmoor, one of the most notorious psychiatric hospitals in Britain, for nearly 12 years. What’s So Frightening About Identical Twins? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

Many worry this will end more than a decade of rich funding that saw an explosion of creativity in Britain's arts. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z

Marvel’s slightly tokenistic Captain Britain is Brian Braddock, an upstanding man of science forced to accept that magic exists when Merlin – yes, that Merlin – transforms him into the protector of our sceptred isle. After Chris Pratt’s galactic triumph, which other sitcom stars should become heroes? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Segal took refuge in Great Britain and died in an air raid. From Dada to surrealism - review 2011-07-19T12:59:02Z

Yet the team that played Spain on 12 November was, of course, not Britain, but England. What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders 2012-06-01T19:30:01Z

Their interest seems to be in alerting listeners to a lost Britain that certainly seems strange – "it's fairyland, the whole thing is fairyland" repeats an audibly drunk Woodrooffe, over and over again – but never sinister. Public Service Broadcasting: Inform-Educate-Entertain – review 2013-05-02T14:29:01Z

Next, he indicted his family for not taking on the racist attacks hurled at their own, and then linked their institutionalized reticence or refusal to intervene to Britain’s much longer history of imperialism. Prince Harry Finally Takes On White Privilege: His Own 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

As befits an American nationalist, Lowry’s main focus is not on Britain but the United States. Fear and Fumbling: Brexit, Trump and the Nationalist Surge 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Taken together these varied visual formats and the ambitious historical canvas lend a cinematic scope that belies the trilogy’s original broadcast in three installments on Channel 4 in Britain. 2010-01-30T16:59:00Z

Tate Modern, which occupies a former power station on the south bank of the Thames, is one of Britain’s top tourist attractions. Luxury flat owners lose case against nosy neighbors at London's Tate gallery 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

In Britain today, more than half of the population apparently believe in some kind of afterlife. Hereafter? Sorry, there isn't one 2011-01-31T11:01:37Z

Given the size of the population, in Britain this would equate to a Booker winner selling two million in the home market. The House of Rajani by Alon Hilu 2010-04-10T14:10:00Z

Bashir said Monday he was "delighted" to return to the BBC as religious affairs correspondent, covering the major issues affecting different faiths in Britain and around the world. Martin Bashir returning to BBC as religion correspondent 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

In Britain, less so, with critics tending to overlook imports when considering influence. How Taking Flight in London Helped ‘Angels in America’ Soar 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

For someone once considered such a threat to the moral welfare of Britain that tabloid newspapers demanded the government intervene to prevent him from performing here, he is a remarkably engaging, slyly charming figure. Glastonbury 2010: the sounds of success 2010-06-27T19:30:00Z

Roman Britain is, I found, an intensely generative space, which has inspired poems by Housman and Owen, plays by Fletcher and Shakespeare, music by Elgar and Vaughan-Williams – not to mention centuries' worth of extraordinary scholarship. Free download of rediscovered Britten and Auden song 2013-07-15T17:08:35Z

This novel about the first world war is set entirely in Britain. Regeneration by Pat Barker 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z

Decade after decade, the photographers find Britain in a bad way, trapped rather too obviously in the shadows of its past. Great Britain, Strange and Familiar 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

So Carnegie, through its Weill Music Institute, assembled 37 singers from the United States, Canada, Britain and elsewhere to rehearse and perform as the Carnegie Hall Chamber Chorus. Reviews: Ian Bostridge, Tenet and Tallis Scholars in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Or the Tories in Britain — no one would run on a platform of destroying the NHS. Michael Moore on why America “needs a little time in the timeout room,” and whether Hillary will start a war to prove “a woman can pull the trigger” 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Those one-off shows aside, the 2018 concerts in Britain will be the first time the band has toured their home country in 12 years. Rolling Stones announce first British concerts in five years 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

“Canon formation,” as literary historians call it, started in the mid-eighteenth century for all kinds of reasons, among them a rising interest in taste and connoisseurship, and, in Britain, a rethinking of copyright law. The History of “Loving” to Read 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

The June 13 performance will be broadcast live to movie theaters around Britain, and on varying dates to cinemas around the world. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z

By 1970, most of Britain’s African and Caribbean colonies had gained independence. Platinum Jubilee: Queen’s reign marks 70 years of change 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

France has historically had a less fractious relationship with Iran than either Britain or the United States. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

So why has it not been performed in Britain on a professional stage for more than 60 years? The Pilgrim's Progress: Vaughan Williams's masterpiece returns at ENO 2012-11-05T17:39:26Z

Wilson, who was in Britain, said on social media: “Am going through the full judgment in my defamation case with my lawyers and will make a statement later in the day.” Australian comedian Rebel Wilson wins A$4.6 million in damages for defamation 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

There has perhaps never been a more exclusively British Booker winner than Hilary Mantel: her fictional version of Tudor Britain owes nothing to Philip Roth, that's for sure. Why American modern art blows British talent out of the water 2013-02-18T16:51:31Z

I am currently enjoying this museum more than any other in Britain – and learning more from it. Victorian visionary of the 21st century: the V&A embraces photography 2011-07-19T13:41:01Z

A peripatetic presence in contemporary architecture – he seems to spend half his life on board planes – Chipperfield still finds it hard to understand why his discipline is so often treated so dismissively in Britain. David Chipperfield wins Royal Gold Medal for architecture 2010-10-07T10:30:00Z

Instead of becoming Britain's Pinochet, he slipped quietly into retirement, and in 1977 he became the first member of the royal family to appear on This Is Your Life. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z

The government was accused of damaging Britain's reputation overseas as the said cuts to the World Service mean it will lose at least 30 million listeners. BBC World Service forecast to lose 30m listeners as cuts announced 2011-01-26T20:20:12Z

The show confirmed Colman as a pretender to Julie Walters' throne as Britain's most versatile and admired small-screen performers, and satisfyingly proved wrong almost all current theories about how TV works. From The Returned to Broadchurch to Game of Thrones: the best TV of 2013 2013-07-28T18:00:01Z

A version of this article appears in print on April 27, 2014, on page AR20 of the with the headline: A Harmonic Drone Subsides in Britain. Once Top Musicians, Organists See Loss of Relevance 2014-04-25T19:57:41Z

The Butetown here is home to Britain's oldest black community, full of grungy pubs, sailors, immigrants and captivating fiction-worthy characters, fashioned from a stint as the world's busiest port. Rachel Trezise's top 10 Welsh underground novels 2010-05-19T07:56:00Z

And that — at least to politicians in Britain, Canadia and New Zealand among others — is a problem. Video Games: Whose Side Are You on? It Might Be the Taliban?s 2010-09-01T22:13:00Z

In France, in Britain, and soon in America, a whole new kind of art would emerge: born in Tokyo, spanning the whole world. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

The restaurant-critic slot in newspapers in Britain, for example, is often treated as a place for writers to entertain rather than advise. Chefs’ specials 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

The postmaster in British Guiana, now the republic of Guyana, asked a newspaper in 1856 to print stamps after supplies from Britain were delayed. World's rarest postal stamp to go on display in Washington 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Yet it was not the only winner at the New York Film Critics Circle event, which also saw Britain's Timothy Spall named best actor for his role as painter JMW Turner in Mr Turner. Boyhood stars make merry at NY awards 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Britain created its own “nudge unit”, which for example reworded a request for organ donation by first asking people if they would want to receive an organ if they needed one. Thinking about thinking 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Others in Britain’s opera world agreed that Miskimmon had taken on a tough job. For This Opera Director, a Lot Is Riding on a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Britain had been at war for four years, and any able-bodied boy could get a job. Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Both list house-sitting opportunities in the United States, Australia, Britain, Costa Rica, Continental Europe and, to a lesser extent, other places around the world. A Primer in House Sitting 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

The fictional council house development in Greater Manchester that forms the backdrop to Shameless, one of Britain's longest-running drama series, is packed with dodgy incident. How Shameless stars came of age on West End stage 2011-04-09T23:06:27Z

And when Quilliam fled Britain for Constantinople, knowing he was about to be struck off as a solicitor, a veil was politely drawn. Drama on 3: The Unfortunates; An Audience With Ed Reardon; William Quilliam 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z

They have become the new ruins of Great Britain. A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

Britain on the moon | Editorial All today's stories Last 24 hours 1. Internet picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

It was like the light bulb that went on and lit up the whole village, breathing life back into a place where unemployment is at one of the highest levels in Britain. Horseracing tale wows Sundance 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The story now: Formal negotiations on a trade deal between Britain and the European Union have been postponed due to the pandemic. What happened next? An update on the world before the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

He once rewrote the racist slogan “Keep Britain White” by adding a comma: “Keep Britain, White.” V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

We must be ambitious for our creative industries, not managing decline but ensuring Britain can play to our strengths in this new global digital age. Labour must win 'mainstream majority' by promoting social mobility 2011-04-06T08:00:03Z

Her novel “Innocent Blood” appeared in 1980 and was considered her breakthrough book in Britain and in the United States. P. D. James, Novelist Known as ‘Queen of Crime,’ Dies at 94 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

In a decision that caused controversy in Britain, NBC cut a musical tribute from the opening ceremony for the victims of the July 2005 extremist attacks in London buses and trains. NBC gets bumper Olympic ratings despite complaints 2012-07-28T17:29:45Z

Matthew Herbert, at a farm in Britain, tracks an animal’s life and death on “One Pig.” ArtsBeat Blog: Popcast: 'One Pig' and Wise Blood 2011-10-20T19:39:31Z

Now, with Britain a very different place and bassist Mani – still in the Stone Roses when Screamadelica was released – admitting the sober band are "a bunch of old men", they do their finest hour justice. Primal Scream ? review 2011-03-15T18:23:03Z

He said efforts by the queen to keep the monarchy in tune with contemporary Britain and her decision to prioritize the royal family's work with charities and good causes have safeguarded the institution's future. After jubilee success, monarchy faces the future 2012-06-05T19:08:17Z

The Turner Prize was established in 1984 and is awarded to an artist born, living or working in Britain. Turner Prize Goes to Lubaina Himid, Whose Work Depicts African Diaspora 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

She did the club circuit in Australia and Britain, and didn’t relish it. The Comedy-Destroying, Soul-Affirming Art of Hannah Gadsby 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

Since “Big Brother” premiered in 2000, reality TV has been big business in Britain. In Turbulent Times, Comforting Reality Shows Captivate U.K. Viewers 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

In the decades before the First World War, “invasion stories“ such as H. G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds” populated the best-seller lists in Britain and the United States. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Sid Bernstein, who died in 2013, was a promoter who helped bring the Beatles to the United States from their native Britain. Apple Corps is sued over Beatles' 1965 Shea Stadium film rights 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

Essentially, this is a series of snippets of overheard conversations that work like tiny playlets and come together like a jigsaw puzzle to create a fascinating patchwork picture of 21st-century life in Britain. This week's new theatre 2011-07-29T23:06:00Z

Mr. Van’s dishes transported us to Vietnam, France and Britain, mixing the best flavors from each. From Collegiate to Culinary: Ann Arbor’s Food Scene Grows Up 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

I know they offloaded a gazillion DVDs and sold out theatres the length and breadth of this sad, penniless nation, but who actually liked Little Britain? The Hard Sell: Nationwide 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z

Making more room for animals, even long-gone animals, has never been more popular in Britain. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways

Set in 1947, the novel tells the story of Nisha’s family’s struggle during the bloody events of Partition, when India was divided into two countries after the nation’s independence from Britain. In New Novels for Kids, Dangerous Journeys and Hockey Madness 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Writers and religious leaders used the occasion to reflect on how Britain has changed over the queen's reign, from a war-scarred imperial power to a middle-sized power with oversized cultural clout. Queen off to the races as jubilee events begin 2012-06-02T12:31:19Z

The exhibition, which will be curated by the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Department of Theater and Performance, will feature photographs, artifacts and materials from theater collections in the United States and Britain. Celebrating Theater in London and New York 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The market continued to be dominated by three main regions, the United States, China and Britain. Art Sales on the Rise 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Britain's Got Talent will continue to run on ITV1 in "late spring", with The X Factor to be broadcast in the autumn. ITV confirms The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent deal for three more years 2010-10-18T17:15:00Z

Two abiding fixations were fear of Germany’s encirclement and a conviction that only smug, malevolent Britain stood in the way of German hegemony in Europe. A toxic monarch 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

And she does an excellent comedy Nigerian accent, which she's allowed to because her character's father is a Nigerian immigrant to Britain, and she's imitating him, in a fond, daughterly way. Blood and Oil and Panorama: Passports to Kill | TV review 2010-03-30T05:45:00Z

"The Grass Is Singing" was an immediate bestseller in Britain, Europe and America. Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing dies aged 94 2013-11-17T20:50:17Z

It begins with a 1960 assignment for the British lifestyle magazine The Queen, which published the pictures in 1961 under the title “Seeing Ourselves as America Sees Us: A Picture Essay on Britain.” Bruce Davidson and Paul Caponigro Images at Yale 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

The show traces the life of Fleming, from his days as a young private in Britain’s Royal Army Medical Corps who later became a medical doctor, through two world wars and his famous discovery. In a Musical About Penicillin’s Inventor, Superbugs Take Center Stage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

The finds give new insights into our understanding of the period following the end of Roman rule that laid the foundations for the eventual emergence of the Britain we know today. Fresh insights from the UK's oldest museum of Roman remains 2012-08-15T07:00:00Z

Britain's Foreign Office said royal officials had sent their regrets to Estibalis Chavez, a 19-year-old fan who has protested outside the country's embassy in Mexico City for 10 days demanding an invite. William & Kate send out their wedding invitations 2011-02-20T03:19:17Z

They'll all be saying it in the playground, because Britain is broken. The Hard Sell: Vimto 2011-07-29T23:07:57Z

Another Roman Empire fortification, Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, remains partially intact and is a tourist attraction. Photographer Roger Eberhard’s “Human Territoriality” is a rumination on human borders 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

One would devote the next few months to playing a villain in a panto, an exaggerated, live form of a fairy tale that has been popular in Britain since the 1700s. A theater-lover’s introduction to London’s multiplicity of stages 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Q. Do you ever run into trouble getting things back into Britain? Q&A: Q&A With Allegra McEvedy 2012-02-03T20:09:44Z

Farquharson said that collectives were chosen partly because the pandemic meant few exhibitions of individual artists occurred in Britain in the past year. This Year’s Winner of the Turner Prize? A Group That Performs Protest. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Britain will always look down on Australia, but also admire us because we listen to better music. Adam Hills: this much I know 2013-02-23T19:00:02Z

This gap between intent and reality also emerged in a May report from University of Sheffield researchers in Britain on apparel companies not delivering on promises to pay workers a living wage. H&M’s Different Kind of Clickbait 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

The vast majority of action in "A Song of Ice and Fire" takes place on the continent of Westeros, which can be imagined as a loose analogue to Britain, only larger. The essential guide to "Game of Thrones" 2011-04-09T21:01:00Z

"The fans are great and really loyal to the show. But that doesn't equate to me turning my back on Britain. There's an ability to do both. It's all good." David Morrissey in the driving seat 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Across Britain, new museums highlight the diversity of its history. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

After being released, he went to Britain and enlisted in the Royal Dutch Navy for the duration. George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

As Britain's youth sees its education decimated and prospects limited, you can expect to hear some furious new regional rap sounds. Bang On! The new regional sound of British hip-hop 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z

Her much-chronicled romance with the Scot has made Ms. Sears, an artist whose specialty is animal portraiture, as famous in Britain as any actress, model or member of the royal family. Singles Become Doubles 2013-08-30T21:03:03Z

Contingents from Spain, Britain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, France, Austria, Norway, the Philippines and Romania will be in the mix, along with projects from 16 design schools. New York Design Destinations You Can’t Miss This Month 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

They opted instead to spend last weekend in Britain before William returned to military duty. Work, shopping: Royal newlyweds slip into routine 2011-05-06T13:01:05Z

In Britain, pregnant women are recommended to a midwife as a standard part of medicine. Labor of love: The super-secret outlaw doula in backwoods California 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Britain’s “special relationship” with the US grew ever closer, thanks to the manoeuvrings of the then prime minister, Tony Blair. 'You've caused an international incident': how my work mistake came back to haunt me 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

And Britain’s largest designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is blessed with an abundance of Roman sites, abbeys, gardens and castles. 36 Hours in the Cotswolds 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Six years ago, the Mischief Theater Company arrived on Broadway from Britain with “The Play That Goes Wrong,” a madcap comedy about a hapless amateur theater company attempting to stage a whodunit. British Comedy ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ Plans Spring Broadway Bow 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

But with the good times gone and Britain teetering on the brink of the latest in a rapid series of recessions, its changing image has made a growing number of people angry and upset. British xenophobia on the rise 2013-01-03T21:17:00Z

Gormley and Patten both said the awards, which honor Japan's late 19th century period of cultural renaissance under Emperor Meiji, also demonstrated the cultural and artistic links between Japan and Britain. Japan hands top arts prize to filmmaker Coppola, sculptor Gormley 2013-09-17T20:06:55Z

By the turn of the nineteen-seventies, many critics in Britain and in Ireland saw Heaney as the leading poetic talent of his generation. How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

On Monday a Welsh-language Labour election broadcast will be transmitted, as will a different version of Izzard's Brilliant Britain for Scotland. Eddie Izzard fronts Labour election broadcast 2010-04-15T15:45:00Z

Pollockmania arrives in Britain on 4 June, when the first English-language edition of volume one, The Last Hope, hits the bookshops. Oksa Pollock: everything you need to know about the 'French Harry Potter' 2013-06-02T19:00:02Z

She does note that Rosemary stayed on with her father when Britain declared war on Germany and the rest of the family went home. Jean Kennedy Smith Remembers Growing Up Kennedy 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Kynaston's many fans will be pleased to hear that Modernity Britain has all the virtues of his previous volumes. Books review roundup: The Quarry, Modernity Britain: Opening the Box 1957-1959 and Sisterland 2013-06-21T18:40:01Z

In 21st-century Britain, where feminism is backlashed almost to death, is there hope for stories of polite desperation, against a background of trains and buses and buttered scones? The other Elizabeth Taylor's Complete Short Stories 2012-07-06T21:55:05Z

Franco, of course, was receiving massive military assistance from Germany and Italy, while the United States and Britain refused to help Spain’s elected government. Book World: ‘Midnight in Europe,’ by Alan Furst

Britain's biggest mortgage lender missed a self-imposed June-end deadline for making offers to most victims of the fraud. British TV personality Edmonds demands $392 million compensation for Lloyds HBOS' unit fraud 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

Britain, budget cuts, education and the sad realisation that his parents would never be able to afford to send him to art school today. Steve McQueen on the Oscars whitewash: ‘I’m hoping we can look back and say this was a watershed moment’ 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

She says she is part of Britain's lost generation, and you sense she likes it that way. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z

If you go to any bookshop you’ll find quite a lot on 16th century Italian or Dutch painting but not much on artistic practice in Britain. X-rays reveal hidden secrets of Tudor portraits 2013-01-03T17:44:00Z

There are countless more legends associated with particular trees in Cumbria and no doubt most other parts of Britain. Ash dieback reaches Cumbria - a county where the tree plays a special part in history and folklore 2012-11-13T10:34:18Z

He told the Produced By conference, also in LA, that he was not looking forward to uprooting, admitting that the decision to shoot in Britain "really does make me insane". Star Wars VII relocating to London 2013-06-10T10:44:00Z

But remember that at this time there were no official female detectives in Britain, so the author was exploring new territory. No1 in ladies' detective tradition back in print after 150 years 2012-10-09T15:04:07Z

One year earlier, France and Great Britain, America’s allies in the war, each buried an unidentified soldier. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier marks 100 years of honoring unidentified war dead 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

All three books, but particularly In the Forest, were well-received in Britain and the US, but turned her critics in Ireland apoplectic. Doyenne of Irish fiction 2011-02-06T00:05:42Z

The works of Campbell and the three other finalists will be exhibited at Tate Britain until January 4, 2015. Duncan Campbell wins Turner Prize 2014 with IRA film 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

Is this the best Great Britain can do? David Beckham's chest. That's seriously all you've got for us Americans? 2012-05-25T12:49:36Z

His victory in the trial surprised some legal observers, because a judge in Britain had ruled in an earlier case that there was evidence that Depp had assaulted Heard. Johnny Depp Film About Louis XV Will Open Cannes Film Festival 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

He traveled Britain on newly invented steam trains - though he hated the juddering journeys - and crossed the Atlantic in 1842 on one of the first steamships. Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday 2012-02-07T23:46:05Z

The text was a history of Roman Britain along with an "antient map". History in the making: a Roman map… and an 18th-century hoax 2013-07-19T07:30:01Z

Whether Marston goes on to create more work in Britain depends on the offers extended to her. Bern Ballett: Witch-hunt – review 2013-05-25T23:05:46Z

Children’s health would benefit if Britain switched to continental time by moving the clocks forward an hour, say researchers. Clock change 'good for child health' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

One such statement is that the Russians did more to beat Germany than Britain or America did. 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z

During his tenure the Film Society honored Charlie Chaplin, whom Mr. Segal went to great lengths to bring to the United States from Britain, at its first annual gala tribute. Martin Segal, Leading New York Cultural Figure, Dies at 96 2012-08-05T23:27:45Z

“Peak Trans,” her show, was partly a response to the toxic climate in Britain, she said. Britain’s Transgender Stand-Ups Find Comedy in a Hostile Climate 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

This is particularly relevant as Britain crowns a new king. She is very brown: "Queen Charlotte" explains how the integrated ton was won, but what is left out? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

In 1975 Theatre Quarterly headlined an interview with Brenton "Petrol Bombs Through the Proscenium Arch", while the fallout from The Romans in Britain saw him caricatured as a long-haired revolutionary. Howard Brenton 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z

Performing under the name Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, which is also the title of his first solo album, he will be touring across Britain, North America, Europe and Japan. Noel Gallagher flies high at top of UK charts 2011-10-23T19:21:36Z

Ali Catterall The scandal that has recently engulfed News International and that seems likely to cause further casualties among media, government and police, has thrown into stark relief Britain's weird obsession with celebrity. TV highlights 30/08/2011: The Great British Bake Off 2011-08-29T22:00:00Z

It’s an option for British Airways customers traveling to Britain from Orlando, Los Angeles and JFK, for one. Airline boarding is a mess. Can these changes fix it? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

Britain, he notes, spent £1.5bn fighting the drug trade last year, and yet drugs – as he learns from on-the-ground reportage – are so commonplace as to be mundane. Watch this 2010-08-01T23:05:00Z

New Zealand and Britain might be many thousands of miles apart, but when it comes to salad, the two nations remained as one well into the 1980s. Peter Gordon's six delicious salad recipes 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

It was announced this week that a pristine haul of stone implements found near Happisburgh in East Anglia has pushed back the earliest known date of human existence in Britain by 250,000 years. Happisburgh tools: masterpieces with a cutting edge 2010-07-09T15:51:00Z

You came to Britain when you were quite young. Writing About a Past Injustice Helped Her See What Has and Hasn’t Changed 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Look closer, and it's linked to one of Britain's greatest authors as well as to a shameful period in the nation's social history. Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse 2011-02-24T17:56:09Z

The generals’ disastrous war with Britain over the Falkland Islands was followed by the regime’s collapse, and helped define Mr Maradona’s greatest achievement: winning the World Cup in 1986 while tormenting the English team. Jogo complicado 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

"He left a Britain more free, more secure, more brave and more proud, for that we will always be grateful to him." Britain marks 50 years since wartime leader Churchill's funeral 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

"I was a kid in school at the time, and I remember thinking what a shame it was that Britain didn't win it that year," he said. UK Eurovision singer Allison dies 2013-11-25T17:34:14Z

It was the very kind of multicultural brew that was the opposite of the nearly all-white comformity that had ruled in my day — thanks to, among other changes, Britain’s inclusion in the European Union. London, South of the River (Before ‘Brexit’) 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

In Britain, one teenage viewer of the original show was Olly Alexander. ‘It’s a Sin’: Sex, Adventure and Loss in 1980s London 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

It was at 18 that Cleopatra became ruler of Egypt, in 51 B.C.E., and Victoria the queen of Great Britain, in 1837. This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Britain’s current enemy is, improbably enough, France, as the two nations vie for influence in Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring. New Books by Claire Vaye Watkins, Marie NDiaye and More 2012-08-29T21:12:46Z

You turn yourself into Margaret Thatcher, of course, an even bolder and bossier one, who changed the way people think about Britain. Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z

In Britain, in London, it was fiercely competitive, so every band would have its own video clip. ABC's Martin Fry on writing '80s love songs to be original: "It was kind of an act of rebellion" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z

She is also a central focus of Season 4 of the Netflix series “The Crown,” which explores the politics and social history of Britain through the prism of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. ‘The Crown’: What to Read and Watch About Diana 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Others are known in Britain as “loo books” — ideal companions for those sedentary moments of solitude. Paul Theroux?s Travel Miscellany 2011-06-03T16:52:27Z

It takes place after the events of June 23, when Britain voted to leave the European Union. He’s 101, She’s 32, and It’s the End of the World 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

That led to a snowballing success in Britain that eventually ended with a London producer, Kenny Wax, bringing it to the West End. ‘Six’ was shut down on the day it was set to open. It’s finally getting its big Broadway night. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

The scandal, which dominated the political agenda for much of last year, exposed the close ties between the upper echelons of Britain's establishment and provoked a wave of public anger. Murdoch 'never asked a UK prime minister for anything' 2012-04-25T12:48:00Z

Objects such as these – found in East Yorkshire – may reflect the rise of power and wealth in Britain, yet they are ethereal and spiritual in mood The Folkton Drums at the British Museum, London. Folkton Drums: do these beautifully enigmatic chalk objects have faces? 2012-07-13T08:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly unknown in Britain, but it wasn’t a household name either. All the Swans At This Lake Are Male 2010-10-08T15:44:00Z

More than any country in Europe, Great Britain is synonymous with prestigious universities. Academic adventures: Visiting Europe’s top university sights 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

V. S. Naipaul’s “In a Free State” won the Booker Prize in 1971, just a few years after it was established to recognize the year’s best fiction from Britain and its former colonies. A Novel That Echoes Naipaul, Exploring the Limits of Freedom 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

A moment from 12 November 2011 captured in Britain in a Day. Rewind TV: The Men Who Made Us Fat; Britain in a Day; Dead Boss 2012-06-16T23:05:40Z

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome” by Mary Beard Beard is an intellectual celebrity in Britain who has broken out in the United States thanks to this engaging and awkwardly titled history. 2015 was a banner year for nonfiction — here are 10 books you don’t want to miss 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

It was followed by 2009's The Making of Modern Britain, also on BBC2, about the period between the death of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of the second world war. Andrew Marr to take on History of the World for BBC 2010-11-22T15:04:00Z

Those songs were from her second album, “Back to Black,” which was released in Britain in late 2006 and in the United States in 2007. Amy Winehouse, British Soul Singer With a Destructive Image, Dies at 27 2011-07-23T21:29:21Z

One year later, it started to get a second wind, becoming a bit of a cult on DVD, with people in Britain talking about it, too. How we made Donnie Darko 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

And in Kate’s agitated, self-conscious but self-aware account — delivered by Ms. Wyatt in a captivating performance, directed by Joe Murphy — we see a Britain in the throes of seething ethnic strife. | Brits Off Broadway: Brits Off Broadway Two Shows at 59E59 - Review 2011-11-15T22:13:25Z

Should Great Britain's most famous boy wizard have a starring role in the Olympics opening ceremony? Which children's books characters should appear in the Olympic opening ceremony? 2012-07-24T17:14:16Z

Yet Hollywood and Britain both proved to have limited space for her talent. Samantha Morton: ‘Maybe I was the first person to publicly answer Weinstein’ 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

The queen and her family are enjoying a surge of support in Britain, boosted by the wedding of her grandson Prince William to Kate Middleton in 2011 and her own diamond jubilee celebrations last year. Britain's "Bond girl" queen wins honorary film award 2013-04-04T20:56:18Z

Whether she will be able to keep road-tripping for fruit now that Britain has left the European Union is in question. The Culinary Couple Who Built a British Empire 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The Battle of Britain remains one of the most pivotal moments in the history of our country. German bomber to rise from its English Channel grave 2013-05-03T08:35:50Z

All we ask of Britain is that it never change. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The ceremony, a kaleidoscopic romp through Britain's recent history packed with references to literature and music, was honored with the Beyond Theatre award by the free London newspaper. Olympic opening ceremony wins UK theatre award 2012-11-26T12:45:36Z

Millions of people in Britain bought their first television in 1953, expressly to watch Elizabeth II’s coronation live. ‘The Crown’ and the Appeal of a Royal TV Interview 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

Perhaps his dual citizenship in Britain and the United States sensitized him early to the distorted attitudes toward King George’s forces. O’Shaughnessy’s ‘Men Who Lost America’ wins $50,000 George Washington Book Prize

U.K. viewers will tune in, too — but with sarcastic commentary, guilty pleasure at all the cheesy Euro-pop, and the suspicion Britain is not going to emerge on top. No kitsch please, we're British: UK torn on glam Eurovision 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Science-fiction has been rejiggering colonial narratives practically since it began as a genre: HG Wells’s The War of the Worlds directly compares the alien invasion of England to Britain’s invasion of Tasmania. The 5th Wave could be an apology for colonialism – but it's not 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

The leader of the Peaky Blinders, a powerful gang in Britain after World War I, in the show of the same name, Tommy is coolly efficient but sensitive. "Peaky Blinders" and Tommy Shelby's perceived crime of sobriety 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

Maggot Moon tells the story of a dyslexic schoolboy, Standish Treadwell, who lives in an alternative 1950s Britain ruled by a ruthless regime. Sally Gardner on Maggot Moon 2013-06-20T06:53:27Z

They starred as a pair of mismatched detectives - from Britain and the US - tackling crime and ducking romance. Dempsey and Makepeace in dance show 2013-08-16T10:51:25Z

His albums, known for smooth, danceable arrangements of swing, pop, folk and classical standards, have sold tens of millions of copies and proved especially popular in Germany and Britain. James Last, Bandleader Known for ‘Happy Sound,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

It is as laughable as the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. The Wombles at 40 – why we need them more than ever 2013-02-05T18:08:18Z

She later fled to Britain after connecting online with Elisse Jones, a Liverpool resident who offered to host Sydorenko, her daughter, her sister-in-law and her nephew. At Eurovision, Ukrainians Find Community Far From Home 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

"Dr. No" arrived in movie theaters with perfect timing, as Britain swapped postwar austerity for growing prosperity. No mid-life crisis for 007 as Bond films turn 50 2012-10-02T15:43:12Z

It is a shame that Goddard feels obliged to talk up the impact Ziggy made by contrasting it with what he believes was the homogeneous, beige world of 1970s Britain. Ziggyology by Simon Goddard – review 2013-05-03T18:32:01Z

Argentine rock got an unlikely boost when, after Britain won the Falklands War in 1982, rock in English was banned from Argentina’s airwaves. ‘Break It All’ Celebrates the Oppositional Energy of Latin Rock 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

Perhaps this is a further symbol of Britain today: a message no one wants to read. Message in a bottle 2010-05-24T13:27:00Z

This Thursday, Britain will hold a referendum on whether it should remain in the European Union or leave it. John Oliver on Brexit: 'Britain would be absolutely crazy to leave' the EU 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Blaker, a producer at the BBC whose credits include “Little Britain,” jokes that he might be the only person who works in television who doesn’t own one. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

For research, she delved into scandal-sheet journalism about Britain’s royal women, not so much to fact-find as to understand the reporting’s tone and approach. Inspired by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a new play ponders race, gender and inclusion 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

And how the unearthing of such films show us how progressive we were, even when Britain was grappling with its fear of immigration and the resulting xenophobia. A forgotten history of London on film 2010-04-15T21:50:00Z

And in Britain, where Queen had become a symbol of national pride, the Wembley crowd was his from the beginning, roaring back every call-and-response and doing a stadium-wide, hands-held-high double clap in “Radio Ga Ga.” When Queen Took ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Live Aid 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

The ageing crisis facing Britain, the US and other wealthier nations could be partly addressed by adopting initiatives being developed in poorer countries, experts say. UK and US 'must learn from poor countries' to solve ageing crisis 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

“The Kennedys,” produced by Muse Entertainment, a Canadian company, and Asylum Entertainment in the United States, is scheduled to be shown in the coming months in 30 countries, including Canada and Britain. Dramatizing Camelot 2011-01-17T22:32:30Z

We're not yet at the stage of thinking the same thing of a boy turning 13, although in some parts of urban Britain we appear to be not far off it. Rewind TV: How TV Ruined Your Life; Scenes from a Teenage Killing; Posh and Posher; The Killing 2011-01-30T00:06:19Z

Rowlandson drew his saucy scene in the early 1800s, when louche attitudes still flourished, but by the Victorian age artists – at least in Britain – would be a lot more respectable, religious, and vague. Sex and the century: why the art of the Enlightenment was so saucy 2013-01-04T14:46:41Z

She includes an interesting tale about the marketing muscle of cheese-makers in America compared with those in Britain. Why humans love cheese 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

In the New Labour era, public arts ventures helped to spread the assets of Britain throughout our regions. The Tate of the nation 2011-07-14T12:09:53Z

A team of pioneering animal medics flies out specially, from Britain, with lots of fancy equipment, they set up an operating theatre in the jungle. The Great British Bake Off review – the great British nod off 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Unlike previous years when Britain dominated the International Emmys which honor excellence in television production outside the U.S., the winners in the nine categories this year spanned six countries. Alda, Lear honored at 40th International Emmys 2012-11-20T12:54:13Z

“The number of people, certainly in Britain, who genuinely dropped out, lived in communes, slaughtered their own birds – full-on hippies, if you like, was pretty small,” he tells me. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

Less about class maybe, more about race and culture, a broader cross section, probably more relevant to Britain in the 21st century. Jamie's Comfort Food review – what does a dinner party have to do with comfort? 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

Nearly 46 million people are enslaved globally, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index, which estimated there were 11,700 victims living in Britain. Britain cracks down on illegal nail-salon workers in fight against modern slavery 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

NoViolet Bulawayo’s “We Need New Names” is on the recently announced shortlist of the finest English-language writing from Britain and its Commonwealth of former colonial territories. Zimbabwe Author Shortlisted for Booker Prize 2013-09-23T15:09:17Z

“He always harks back to some nostalgic vision of Britain.” Peter Blake, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Artist, Still Going In and Out of Style 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

Slipknot topped the charts in the United States, Britain and Australia with its most recent album, 2008's "All Hope Is Gone." Slipknot bassist died of "accidental" overdose 2010-06-22T04:17:00Z

The moves made Britain the world’s largest economy to use plastic-like bank notes, The Washington Post reported at the time. King Charles III becomes second monarch to appear on English money 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

Just think, one of Britain's great photojournalists, 100 this year, no Wiki page and very little interest. Unsung hero of photography Thurston Hopkins turns 100 2013-04-12T14:56:00Z

As the book progresses, Smith — who teaches literature at Britain’s University of East Anglia — introduces us to Garnett’s various “discoveries” and literary confidants. Review | The literary tastemaker who helped bring Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster to light 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Despite its much publicised troubles, ITV1 took six of the top ten spots, helped by reality shows such as Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. ITV1 proves it has The X Factor in ratings war 2010-12-21T19:28:04Z

There is a strong sense that Britain is heading for international irrelevance and economic disaster. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan – review 2013-06-02T09:00:01Z

Until the early 1960s, Mr. Attenborough was a familiar actor in Britain but little known in the United States. Richard Attenborough, Actor, Director and Giant of British Cinema, Dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized that it was so widespread in Britain. This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played The Greater Game From Afghanistan to Africaby William Beaver William Beaver tells its story well, from documentary sources that have been largely overlooked in the past. Under Every Leaf by William Beaver - review 2012-05-18T08:00:03Z

But the January broadcast of “Endeavour” in Britain drew 8.2 million viewers, and four more episodes were soon ordered; the first begins shooting in September. ‘Endeavour,’ Inspector Morse Prequel, Set for PBS 2012-06-29T20:46:16Z

Still, for Rodzinski the Philharmonic ultimately became the conductors’ graveyard it had long been reputed to be — far more so than for Barbirolli, who went on to greater things with the Hallé in Britain. The Conductor Who Whipped American Orchestras Into Shape 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

Before Kidulthood, films about urban Britain were essentially an offshoot of the social-realist tradition for which this country is famous – and as worthy as that implies. The lighter side of youth crime: urban film spoofs 2011-03-10T22:29:00Z

Times were hard in Britain in 1946 and good shoes unaffordable; he hoped to locate the matching shoe and that the pair would fit his wife. Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami – review 2012-11-23T22:55:04Z

When Britain’s chief nuclear scientist, John Cockcroft, insisted that Windscale add some radiation filters during its construction, other officials gave only grudging approval, calling the filters “Cockcroft’s folly.” ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

People who listened to the World Service were likely to trade with Britain, Horrocks added. BBC World Service forecast to lose 30m listeners as cuts announced 2011-01-26T20:20:12Z

Since then, numerous public sculptures of and by Black people have been erected across Britain. In the U.K., Public Art Shifts Toward Black Experiences 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Or you could just remain in Britain, and go to Brighton. TV review: The Secret Tourist and The Hotel Inspector 2010-07-30T07:00:00Z

Neither is as controversial as the 2011 winner, Britain's astronomer royal, Lord Rees, who was criticised by fellow scientists who argued that the Templeton Foundation's main objective was to spread religion. Desmond Tutu wins Templeton prize for advancing 'spiritual progress' 2013-04-04T04:01:01Z

But for the most part, he said, “what writing ‘The Crown’ teaches you is that Britain has been in a permanent state of crisis. ‘The Crown’ Executes a Peaceful Palace Coup 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

The English version is published by Abrams in Britain and the United States. Sketchbook Attributed to van Gogh Pits Scholars Against a Museum 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

He moved to Britain in the 1950s, taught in the inner city and produced a masterpiece of a novel. State schools: are they failing our children? 2011-02-27T00:05:50Z

Both these Sarasota productions — danced on Friday — are the American premieres of works that are scarcely known even in Britain, Ashton’s homeland. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z

The magnitude of the north American crisis may be unrivalled, but there are nevertheless worrying portents for Britain. Why opioid deaths are this generation’s Aids crisis | Mary O’Hara 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

The trickiest of the three, he said, was the poem about the anteater, in which Dahl is having fun with the different pronunciations in America and Britain of the word "aunt". Roald Dahl's dark 'Dirty Beasts' set to music for children 2014-01-31T17:47:12Z

The Guardian in Britain declared on Wednesday that the new project is a “Potter-based treasure hunt called Pottermore,” citing a memo that the a rival British newspaper, The Times of London, apparently received by mistake. ArtsBeat: Pottermore: What's Next for Harry Potter? 2011-06-22T19:49:27Z

Gibson's attempt on Mussolini's life embarrassed the British government, as the Duce was more widely admired in 1920s Britain than one might think. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders |Book review 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z

Richard Wagner might turn over in his grave if he heard “The Ride of the Valkyries” as performed by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. From the Nile Project, euphoric sound and a collaborative spirit flow 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

The second volume is out in translation in the United States on July 7, and the final book in the trilogy will be available in Britain on June 25. Virginie Despentes Makes France Angry, but Things Are Changing 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

And, as a youth, he joined a gang of skinheads - a far-right subculture often associated with racist violence in Britain. British-born Nigerian actor hopes black skinhead film will 'heal' pain 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

Until Britain formally exits the European Union, the country — and its airlines — is still subject to the E.U. Was Your European Flight Delayed or Canceled? You May Be Entitled to Cash 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

Britpop, the other guitar revolt of early 1990s Britain — which polarized into the working-class anthems of Oasis and Blur’s clever experimentalism — became wildly popular, and nearly toppled by its own hype. Shoegaze, the Sound of Protest Shrouded in Guitar Fuzz, Returns Again 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

"Sins of My Father" will soon play in Spain, Germany, France and Britain. 2010-01-29T17:41:00Z

The BBC said Hall's principal task is to restore faith and confidence in the integrity of Britain's public broadcaster, a sprawling bureaucracy financed by a compulsory license fee levied on most television-set owners. Opera official to head troubled BBC 2012-11-22T23:38:04Z

Nelson was fatally wounded during the battle, which cemented his status as a national hero in Britain. Fragment of flag Nelson flew at Trafalgar to go up for auction 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The film is being rapturously received in Britain. Glenda Jackson Returns to the Screen for an Issue Close to Her Heart 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Columbia Records opted not to distribute the physical CD in Britain, and even three years later it's not available on shelves or at iTunes. New Prince LP free with Rolling Stone 2010-06-29T14:31:00Z

The singer, who turned 70 in March, spent two nights in intensive care at a hospital in Britain. Elton John Cancels Concerts After ‘Potentially Deadly’ Infection 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Korwar moved to Britain from India a decade ago, and found a following on the London jazz scene with smart, political concept albums that effortlessly splice genres together. Beyond the Stereotypes, a New View of Indian Music 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

By 1969, Britain had travelled a long way from bowler-hatted repression: the country was high not just on drugs and love, but on the medium and the message. John Lennon and Yoko Ono: the image that defines the second Elizabethan era 2012-05-31T13:06:07Z

The last 15 years signalled a cultural renaissance in Britain as museums and galleries were restored and expanded with lottery funding and government investment. We need to start charging for museums and galleries again 2011-03-06T00:12:32Z

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made their first appearance in Britain together since giving up their official royal duties, and were not met with the warmest reception. Fox News had a lot to say about Harry and Meghan being booed at a Platinum Jubilee event 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

Rejecting Victorian Britain's grim realities, the aesthetic movement strove to create a world of perfect beauty. This week's new exhibitions 2011-04-01T23:06:02Z

Mission: Impossible – Fallout Tom Cruise’s latest action outing has made £22m in five weeks and is the biggest earner of the series in Britain. Arthouse v blockbuster: will superheroes wipe out serious movies? 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

For the youngest travelers, there is a nanny from Norland College, a child-care training school in Britain whose graduates appear to be good enough for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Airport Lounge Scene: What You Get and How to Get In 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

At the moment, I'm doing a one woman show, which for an octogenarian to decide to get on a stage and tour all over America and all over Britain telling stories about my life. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

Is it because the accusations of fakery harm Britain's Got Talent, or is it because entertainment has become even more cynical than us, the viewers? Has Britain's Got Talent been faking it? 2013-04-26T13:14:15Z

Vaughan Williams returned to the opera, brought the whole thing together, and it had its world premiere at Covent Garden in 1951, as part of the Festival of Britain. The Pilgrim's Progress: Vaughan Williams's masterpiece returns at ENO 2012-11-05T17:39:26Z

And they both spent formative periods shooting in Britain and Ireland. Object Lesson: Two images, two photography roads taken 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The show was visually stunning, though – whoever designed it should be in charge of design for all the theatres in Britain. Another view on Dr Dee 2011-07-10T21:45:00Z

Britain in a Day is the successor to the acclaimed Life in a Day, which consisted solely of fragments of footage filmed by amateurs over a single 24-hour period, then stitched together by professionals. What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders 2012-06-01T19:30:01Z

The surname Gerlach was never going to work in Britain in the 1930s, so they adopted Parker. Jamal Mahjoub: 'My wife says Parker Bilal is much nicer' 2013-03-17T19:00:08Z

"LAC come," we are told, "from a depressing part of south-east England, the kind of place a tabloid newspaper might feature in one of their regular splashes on 'broken Britain'." New band of the day (LAC No 1,529) 2013-06-10T17:08:21Z

In opposition to Britain, the colonies attracted Spanish support; in return, Spain was rehabilitated. Exhibition Review: Looking South, Not East, Into New York?s Past 2010-09-16T22:55:00Z

In Britain, Stevenson is a familiar face who has taken on a variety of roles onstage and on-screen since graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978. Juliet Stevenson Returns to ‘The Doctor,’ and the New York Stage 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

In October, the United States imposed a 25 percent tariff on wines and other products from France, Germany, Spain and Britain. Proposed tariffs could send some European wine prices out of reach 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

Photograph: ITV/Rex Quiz shows and gameshows – from It's a Knockout! to Round Britain Quiz to University Challenge – have long enjoyed pitting teams from the north and south of England against each other. Grimetime TV: why the north rules 2011-08-03T20:30:00Z

Roth is grateful to have grown up in 70s London, when a generation of writers were responding to Britain’s post-industrial decline with visceral social realism. Tim Roth: ‘As messy as your life can be, there has to be a window you can escape through' 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

“Of course it’s a tough time,” Mr. Serota said one summer morning sitting sipping tea in his office across the river at Tate Britain. Tate Modern Expansion Is the Cost of Success 2010-09-06T22:51:00Z

For you, giving was a very personal act of belief in Britain as a place of sanctuary and freedom. Guardian and Observer charity appeal: still time to help child refugees 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

When Britain went into lockdown in March, most hospitals banned visitors. The Tiny Radio Stations That Lift Spirits in Hospitals 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

People of color were instrumental in establishing the French stand-up scene, which is far younger than in the United States or Britain. Exploring the Diversity, and Precariousness, of French Stand-Up 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

While still not common parlance in Britain, it is used far more frequently, in pop culture and casual conversation, than it is across the Atlantic. Samantha Bee proves there's still one word you can't say in America 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The original show, “Love Letters Straight From Your Heart,” toured Britain from 2007 to 2018 and reliably made audience members cry. 3-D Sound and a Zoom Apocalypse: The Plays That Come to Life Online 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

For the version at Tate Britain, the visitor will enter a room completely empty but for three speakers. Turner prize puts Iraq horror centre stage 2010-10-04T16:08:00Z

Van Diemen’s Land was the empire’s dumping ground for social refuse from Great Britain. Motherlode: Parenting in a Prison Colony 2011-04-08T16:53:27Z

In an interview this year with Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Mr. Kelly said his years in postwar Paris were filled with such moments of visual discovery. Ellsworth Kelly, abstract artist of enduring influence, dies at 92 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

“We confuse ethics and aesthetics very easily in Britain. We think there is something moral and grand and empathetic about writing in the third person,” she said. How Zadie Smith and Jeffrey Eugenides Write 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Gambling has long been legal and tolerated in Britain, but at a price. Gambling companies step up efforts to sway addiction debate 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

The movie monarchy of tiny, vaguely European Aldovia is nearly as old as Britain’s, but far less engaging. ‘A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby’ Review: The Title Says It All 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

In Britain, the press has Carole Middleton, mother of future princess Kate, going on the diet in preparation for the royal wedding next month. Skin Deep: Warmed-Over Atkins? Don?t Tell the French 2011-03-16T19:29:39Z

She’s also controversial, most recently for her arguments about the ethnic diversity of Roman Britain. Review | Author explains history’s muzzle on powerful women. Removing it is up to you. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Some fantasise about what would have happened if Britain had surrendered to Germany – the duke of Windsor installed as king? Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z

Britain’s royal family has also faced backlash for its frequent use of private aircraft. Kylie Jenner gets roasted for flaunting private jet in climate crisis 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

Maybe the imported lighting felt flat and generic, but we are spoilt in Britain by the array of talent in this under-appreciated aspect of stagecraft. Cendrillon; Rinaldo ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:30Z

With her steely voice, Ms. Dench is the real Iron Lady of Britain this winter, once again proving the power of a confident woman in a world of churlish men. Lost in the Magic of London’s Theaters 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

He was widely reported in 2005 as saying that he never wanted to play in Britain again, that his audiences there didn't warm to him or respect him. Elvis Costello 2010-10-16T23:04:00Z

Metropolitan Books announced Thursday that Snowden’s “Permanent Record” will be released simultaneously in more than 20 countries, including the U.S. and Britain. APNewsBreak: Edward Snowden book coming out Sept. 17 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Because Britain is a little island, essentially, the weather is just so unpredictable. Take a Tour of ‘All Creatures’ Country 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

Modern Britain is in need of myths and legends – and no matter how badly they messed up last time, the Stone Roses can help. Why I won't be going to see the Stone Roses, by John Harris 2012-06-22T23:15:00Z

While the French were starting up their first restaurants, Britain was creating the industrial revolution and the modern age, a nation of adventurers. The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

But the prize has long been contentious in Britain, with newspaper critics often complaining that the nominated artists were too obscure or that their work was more activism than art. Black Artists Lead Turner Prize Shortlist 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

At a time when the working class was emerging as a social force, Disraeli advocates a paternalistic and compassionate Toryism that will unify Britain. One nation in one man: the portrait of Benjamin Disraeli 2012-10-03T14:52:44Z

Especially given that this week a third such film hit small-screens in Britain. Behind the Scenes at British Vogue 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Here we first see him clean-cut, handsome and unmistakably male in a bespoke suit, looking rather like Britain’s current Prime Minister, David Cameron. Ben Brantley on London Theater, Where Characters Drink to Dull the Pain of Life 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

After all, in Britain no one would think there was anything odd about a football obsessive coughing up £500 on eBay to secure a ticket to see their team battle it out. Can a Christmas pudding ever be worth ?250? 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

See if Britain's MI6 espionage agency really sends its agents out in Aston Martins equipped with missiles and ejector seats in the special "Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service." TV This Week Aug. 31 - Sept 6: 'Houdini' on History 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Its original design, by Norwegian architects Snøhetta and Britain's Stephen Spence, would have been situated right at the end of the town's harbour mouth. Turner Contemporary's boardwalk empire 2011-04-06T20:30:00Z

Taking place mostly during Britain’s pandemic lockdowns, the collaborations happened over email and Zoom, through which Acaster was able to foster an environment of experimentation. James Acaster Finds His Way Back to Music 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

The British version was unusual in that it was not the typical type of show broadcast on the BBC, but it was one of the most talked-about shows of 2022 in Britain. ‘The Traitors’ Was a Sensation in Britain. Can It Conquer the U.S.? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Such images are useful because, with the impulse to retreat into the nostalgia of a monocultural, monoracial nation that never was, Britain needs a new image for itself. Home sweet home 2013-06-11T17:03:00Z

Organizations like Queer Britain have a lot to celebrate, but triumphs for L.G.B.T.Q. rights are only part of the story. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

She’s able to cast her ethnographic eye over the mystifying natives and try to make sense of their impenetrable customs — in this case, the inhabitants of 21st-century Britain and their disagreements over Europe. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Lock up your daughters and hide those sacred cows, Britain's baddest bad boy is back in the standup special "Russell Brand: Messiah Complex." TV This Week Nov. 23 - 29: 'The Whale: Revenge From the Deep' 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Around 30 pieces, some of them never before seen in Britain, will be on show until March at the gallery, including works painted in the late artist's signature pure-pigment International Klein Blue. Tate Liverpool's winter season launches with Yves Klein works 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

One startling sketch shows cottages and farmyards running the length of the Edgware Road, while another shows pretty ramshackle riverside cottages where Tate Britain now stands. Anarchy in the open air: Turner, Constable and pioneering landscapes 2013-07-16T15:17:36Z

The television broadcast mostly shows in Icelandic, with “only one or two channels from Great Britain,” he recalled. Birthday vacation to Iceland turns into 10 days quarantined alone in ‘cruddy’ hotel room 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

But in Europe, Britain stands out for the strictness of its policies and the apparent inconsistencies in the way it enforces them. Britain?s Conflicting Entry Rules Stymie Visiting Artists 2011-10-19T21:55:14Z

Naming her to its Hot 100 list in 2009, The Observer of London said simply, “Netia Jones is the most imaginative director of opera working in Britain today.” Netia Jones, Making Maurice Sendak’s Creatures Sing 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z

“Grimm Legacies” collects various essays and talks, most of which track the reception of the Brothers Grimm in Britain, America and Germany. Michael Dirda reviews five fairy-tale books 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

I myself laughed helplessly when Corbyn first proposed his concept of nuclear submarines minus their missiles, but I am not prime minister of Great Britain. Clive James: ‘Coogan and Brydon are the funniest couple since Laurel and Hardy’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

This being Britain, puns and humor play a part. Conceptual Art’s Long Shadow 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Despite moving to Hollywood, Agyness will often be back in Britain as the film parts roll in. Trailer trash at the 2012 London film festival 2012-10-13T23:06:49Z

The naval and seafaring traditions of Britain are the wellspring of Turner's imagination, but like Turner and his vision, this tradition, and Victorian Britain are receding into clouds of glory. Cannes 2014: Mr Turner review – Timothy Spall plays artist JMW Turner with relish 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

In Britain we are taught our five times table and we learn that Germans don't have a sense of humour. Comedy without borders: Eddie Izzard and the language of standup 2013-04-24T11:00:05Z

The auction house expects strong demand from online bidders in Britain, Scandinavia, the United States and, above all, Russia. Berlin auctioneer expects British, Russian interest in Hitler... 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Considering the hunger, the turmoil and the squalor in Britain during the early years of the 20th century, it was miraculous that I lived to see my third birthday. The coalition's attacks on the NHS will return us to the age of the workhouse 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

It is one of four original copies belonging to the Bodleian, and for nearly 800 years it has never left Britain. Last Chance: Magna Carta at the Morgan Library: Its Birth Was a Royal Pain 2010-05-21T22:51:00Z

The sale was touted as a highlight of Christie’s 250th anniversary celebrations, featuring works by important British artists and those artists inspired by visits to Britain. Christie’s ‘Defining British Art’ Brings Out Bidders 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Writing in the New Statesman, one critic said Evaristo is the novelist to read “if you want to understand modern-day Britain.” Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share the 2019 Booker Prize 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

He turned against Whitlam and Carter, and Labour and the unions in Britain. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z

The five American nominees were the most from one country, followed by three from Britain. Marilynne Robinson and Anne Tyler Among Booker Prize Nominees 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

To watch their Britain's Got Talent finals number on YouTube is to see just how good they are, but it's also to appreciate the limits of pure display. Chase the Dream; Tales of Beatrix Potter ? review 2010-12-26T00:05:16Z

In Britain, The Guardian review of “I Claudius,” he said, began, “There should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to actors.” ‘I, Claudius’ Returns in a 35th-Anniversary DVD Set 2012-11-25T01:10:06Z

This systematic persecution is the subject of “The Golden Legend,” by Nadeem Aslam, who was born in Pakistan and moved to Britain as a teenager. ‘The Golden Legend,’ by Nadeem Aslam, follows an imperiled widow in Pakistan 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

For it was on the shoulders of the yeoman to supply the self-sufficiency necessary for rupture from Britain. 'Founding Gardeners': How gardening and farming shaped the thinking of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Madison 2011-04-13T21:34:08Z

She was immediately acclaimed in Britain while she was still a teenager. Laura Marling?s British Folk CD ?Creature I Don?t Know? 2011-09-04T04:25:17Z

People is about – or partly about – the commodification of Britain: Firm UK. People; Uncle Vanya; Uncle Vanya – review 2012-11-11T00:06:04Z

As prime minister, one of Thatcher's ambitions was to make Britain more competitive; posthumously, it's clear that included her biographers. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z

The steady rise in the share of younger workers who are low paid will be revealed in the Resolution Foundation's publication Low Pay Britain, to be published next month. Pay gap widens with one in three young UK workers on low pay 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

Police conducted more than 80 searches in Italy, France, Britain, Germany and Serbia, arrested 23 people and recovered some 10,000 archaeological items. Archaeological crime gang uncovered in Italy, 10,000 artifacts recovered 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

In a move similar to Barber’s defense of the Confederate flag, the Hindu Forum of Britain likened banning the swastika to banning the cross because it had been used by the KKK. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z

That sense of solidity yet specialness was conferred by the green and white tag inside every piece that read “Made in Great Britain.” The Enduring Appeal of Laura Ashley 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

For well over 20 years, Astor’s Observer was the voice of Britain’s liberal consensus. Per ardua ad Astor 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The musical Made in Dagenham tells the story of sexism and inequality on the factory floor in 1960s Britain, an era that ultimately led to women being treated more equally in the workplace. 'Pay inequality still a problem' 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

I was at school in Bedford when a lot of the Battle of Britain dog fight shots were filmed above our school playing fields. Actress Susannah York dies at 72 2011-01-16T15:03:26Z

From Sweden to the US, from Britain to Australia, only one in four of those born in the 1980s regarded democracy as essential. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

TV shows like Denmark's "The Killing" have attracted millions of viewers in countries like Britain and spawned a copy-cat series in the United States. Crime and vampires driving Nordic film boom 2013-04-12T11:21:02Z

Initial distribution is based on where Apple TV’s app is available in English, about 60 nations and territories led by the United States, Britain, Canada, Ireland and Australia. New York’s Carnegie Hall launches on-demand video network 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

It had sold only a few hundred copies in Britain, where it met with what Mr. Thomas described as “restrained approval,” before its publication in the United States. D.M. Thomas, 88, Dies; His ‘White Hotel’ Was a Surprise Best Seller 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

In mid-March, at the BAFTAs, Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars, the host, the comedian Rebel Wilson, joked about it when she mentioned Mr. Smith’s win for “King Richard.” A Slap Could Sting the Smith Family Brand 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

The practice originated in Britain, and it’s touted and heatedly discussed by an online community of frustrated bra shoppers, fitters and manufacturers scattered around the world. The Best Bras Might Be Made in Poland 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

This was the ethos of Stefanos Lazaridis, who has died aged 67 of cancer, one of the most striking, and possibly most influential, opera designers in Britain during the last 30 years. Stefanos Lazaridis obituary 2010-05-16T17:48:00Z

The plan infuriated some—Charles Lindbergh, the aviation entrepreneur and activist, thought America should keep out of world affairs—but this financial help was crucial to Britain’s sustaining the war effort. FDR for beginners 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Out of government and newly installed at the IMF, Brown waited with growing impatience for Livingstone to bring Britain's ruined economy to Washington and plead for a bailout. What if John Smith had lived? 2011-04-07T20:00:15Z

Jack Garratt, from Britain, performed as a one-man band using keyboards and samples to bombard his emotive voice with dance beats. SXSW: From Exclusive Performances to Cellphone Souvenirs 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

In “Home Road Movies,” from Britain, Robert Bradbrook combines computer animation in a 1960s travel-brochure style, family photos and the Scottish actor Bill Paterson with a story about summer holidays with the director’s father. | 'Nine Nation Animation': Worldwide Viewpoints With an Animated Edge 2010-09-28T23:10:00Z

Presented by Richard Bilton, it's an excellent documentary that gives a sobering overview of why and how Britain is becoming a more unequal society. Tonight's TV highlights: Beauty And The Beast 2011-02-02T00:05:02Z

Greengrass is finishing work on They Marched into Sunlight, a film about the Vietnam war, and made his name in Britain with uncompromising documentary-style films such as The Murder of Stephen Lawrence and Bloody Sunday. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z

When the government set the reopening date of July 19, Lloyd Webber wrote on Twitter that he would add a special “Freedom Day” performance and a gala with proceeds benefiting Britain’s health care system. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Act: Activism 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

Things got worse this year, with the company blaming a slowdown in bookings on the uncertainty over Brexit, Britain's impending departure from the European Union. Thomas Cook collapse: Travel chaos erupts, employees laid off across the globe 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

As the colonies were separating from Great Britain, there was a lot of talk about freedoms. No monument for Madison. But one of his legacies is freedom of the press. 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Drawing inspiration from nineteenth-century realist painting, social surveys, and the street photography of their American contemporaries, the “Real Britain” postcards brought together photographers who were “just approaching break-out moments,” Mellor said. The “Real Britain” Postcards 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The Britain's Got Talent judge had four books in last year's list of the top 50 bestsellers. David Walliams leads UK book sales 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Until 1934, it was subject to burning in Britain and the United States. Why We Are No Longer Shocked by “Ulysses” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

On a single day, June 15, 1776, Delaware declared its independence from Britain and Pennsylvania. Delaware is famous for corporations, chemicals, chickens — and now, finally, a president 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Stewart responds that he has a lovely house in Britain that he adores, and that he intends to spend as much time as possible in the mother country. Patrick Stewart: 'I can store emotions. No experience is ever wasted' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Last year it reached agreement with Britain to salvage artefacts from HMS Victory, which went down in the channel in 1744. Spanish armada sets sail to claim deep-sea treasure 2010-10-06T17:29:00Z

Reports from the concentration camps quickly made their way to Britain and North America in 1945. HBO's 'Night Will Fall' chronicles making of WWII Holocaust film 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

This put him in a fairly small minority, both within official Britain and among the British left. Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

Neither party conveys any sustained understanding of what is wrong with Britain today and both propose remedies which would do little to address the underlying challenges. Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

Christie first visited Iraq before it gained independence from Britain in 1932 and met the man she would marry on an archaeological dig in the south. In the ruins of an Iraqi city, memories of Agatha Christie 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

When the Zionist movement launched its campaign to drive the British out, British troops were deployed to suppress a Jewish insurrection that threatened Britain's route to India, its oil supplies, and its entire regional strategy. The Promise: an exercise in British self-exculpation 2011-03-04T14:40:36Z

But she has long been a bona fide celebrity in Britain, where she is known simply by her first name. Nigella Lawson: Another Star Chef Becomes a Cause 2013-07-05T20:08:27Z

Such subtlety characterised script and performance, the unfairness of colonial Britain's artefact-pinching, for instance, inferred not in a lecture but in a believable conversation between strangers on a train. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-04T23:06:05Z

Carey appeared on Good Morning Britain when host Piers Morgan asked the pop superstar about the attack, which is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Watch Mariah Carey React to Las Vegas Shooting During a Live Interview 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

Never in the history of Britain have all the political parties been headed by such young, inexperienced men. David Cameron on Letterman: politics is not light entertainment 2012-09-28T19:31:01Z

It never used to be that way in Britain, but it's becoming ever more so. Portrait of the artist: Sarah Parish, actor 2010-08-03T07:43:00Z

Of the 10 nominated films, five in each category, only three are American-made; other countries represented are Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, France and Belgium. Oscar-nominated shorts: A vivid, varied collection of films 2011-02-10T22:46:55Z

If the canvas ends up going to a collector who wants to take it out of Britain, the buyer will have to apply for an export license. Inside Art: J. M. W. Turner?s Last Rome Painting to Be Sold 2010-03-25T19:49:00Z

Mr. Oliver, a scrupulous researcher with a fluent writing style, opened the eyes of readers in Britain and the United States to a musical form that had been overlooked and often belittled. Paul Oliver, Pre-eminent Authority on the Blues, Dies at 90 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

I don't like Cameron and I don't like his broken Britain theory. Plan B: 'Strickland Banks may be soul, but it's still real life' 2010-12-16T22:29:00Z

He only began painting as a respite from depression when, at age 40 in 1915, he resigned as the civilian head of Britain’s Royal Navy during World War I. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

And the fur trade is banned in Britain, Belgium, Germany and Ireland. Is This the End of the Mink Coat? 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

Loneliness has finally become a hot topic – last month, the Office for National Statistics found Britain to be the loneliness capital of Europe. Loneliness: a silent plague that is hurting young people most 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

To illustrate his point, he tells me about a house-party he attended after Britain decided to leave the EU. Why I can still be best friends with someone whose politics I despise 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

He left Hobart for Britain as a young man, detouring via south Asia. Author Christopher Koch dies aged 81 2013-09-27T16:07:52Z

The band is set to play in Sweden, Germany, Britain, Spain, Poland and Italy before returning to the United States in July. Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora leaves tour due to "personal issues" 2013-04-04T00:05:27Z

Bunton, by contrast, campaigned for what he believed in, like an exemption for retirees from Britain’s annual TV license fee. In ‘The Duke,’ Jim Broadbent Puts an Eccentric at the Center 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

The image had been used heavily and without complaint on the London underground for the same show at Tate Britain earlier this year. Edinburgh airport commits basic blunder by banning Picasso nude 2012-08-08T15:54:00Z

I bought my well-preserved 1910 edition of Baedeker’s “Great Britain” from an antiquarian bookseller in New York City, the Complete Traveller, for $50. Footsteps: The Highlands by Rail, With 1910 Baedeker in Hand 2010-05-07T16:41:00Z

Among Leibovich’s favorites is the New York Jets owner, Woody Johnson, heir to the J & J fortune and a Trump megadonor currently serving as our ambassador to Britain. Is America’s Most Popular Sport Under Siege? 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Now it’s very easy to pop out on the weekend and see some good art nearly anywhere in Britain. David Bowie on His Favorite Artists 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

“Bright” will also be released initially in two theaters in the United States and 10 in Britain. Netflix aims to make 'Bright' a living room blockbuster 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

How it came about that Britain's favourite performer of scripted wordplay and its leading mime artist are the same man is beyond me. Comedy gold – Rowan Atkinson Live 2013-02-28T16:26:02Z

"The brazier, the sort of thing you would expect to find in Pompeii, is the first evidence of such a luxurious item from Roman Britain." Relic of Harpocrates, the god of secrecy and silence, found at Silchester 2010-07-16T13:06:00Z

Meanwhile, over at Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron fleetingly acknowledged the important role of construction and architecture, saying they were "an area that Britain excels at". Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-05-25T14:35:10Z

In a new series, geographer Nicholas Crane celebrates Britain's towns. TV highlights 28/07/11 2011-07-27T20:59:01Z

Witnesses reported seeing him in the presence of Wodehouse, the creator of Jeeves and Wooster, whose controversial broadcasts led some in Britain to accuse him of being a Nazi collaborator. UK spies sought German movie extra and Nazi agent 2011-08-25T23:03:11Z

A commercial for Levi’s helped him get a Top 30 hit in Britain in 1998, a remake of his song “Whine and Grine.” Prince Buster, Trailblazer of Ska, Dies at 78 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

Locals said that Charles was looking for some down time after the Jubilee festivities in Britain. Prince Charles on private visit to Transylvania 2012-06-07T11:31:05Z

His parents had left Konin for Britain just before World War I. Theo Richmond, Who Revived the Past in a Polish Shtetl, Dies at 93 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the truth is, if I ever find myself in Britain over the holidays, I’d go see just about any of them and yell and clap and boo and have a grand time. Silly Season: How British Pantomime Looks From Across the Pond 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

In the 1990s Saatchi started to sell his American collection and buy contemporary work from Britain. 2009-12-03T23:00:00Z

Scope, a group in Britain that campaigns for equality for people with disabilities, tweeted, “Disabled people’s experiences are not fodder for song lyrics,” and urged Beyoncé to follow Lizzo’s example. Beyoncé Will Change Lyrics After Criticism Over ‘Ableist Language’ 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

For some people, the Festival of Britain could only be properly marked if Skylon – the architect-designed tower that stood on the South Bank throughout the festivities – was returned or rebuilt. Skylon's the limit 2011-01-19T17:27:31Z

Post “Brexit,” there are indications that Britain is increasing in popularity. After ‘Brexit’ Vote, a Burst of Interest in Travel to Britain 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

The Library said the letter is one of only three manuscripts in the world written in the author's hand and the first known to exist in Britain. British Library announces new season 2014-01-22T18:42:34Z

To many would-be publishers, the title sounded like a bunch of blarney — even in the early 1990s, many people still considered Ireland a conservative backwater and a cultural appendage to Britain. Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z

It is a lesson in that Britain may lead the world. From the Observer archive, 30 December 1951: Festival of Britain fosters a new spirit of inquiry 2012-12-30T00:06:05Z

In addition to her son, Orlando, a film and television actor in Britain, she is survived by a daughter, Sasha Wells, and grandchildren. Susannah York, British Actress, Dies at 72 2011-01-17T04:58:05Z

In the rest of the world, where capitalism is exhibiting exactly the same kind of energies it did in early-19th-century Britain, the relevance of Marx's critique retains its potency. Karl Marx: a Nineteenth-Century Life by Jonathan Sperber – review 2013-06-26T07:00:04Z

Petrie isn't alone, however – it's just that lots of folk singers confronting life in modern Britain are taking a different musical router from their predecessors. Hip-hop and folk meet in a new wave of protest music 2012-11-06T15:45:00Z

ITV released a terse statement saying Piers Morgan "decided now is the time to leave 'Good Morning Britain.'" Only Oprah had the empathy and interview skills to take on the damaging British media – and win 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

The technology was built by the Antenna International in Britain, and Ms. Miller used her networking skills to enlist a range of actors and playwrights to contribute. In ‘Talking Statues,’ Sing London Gives Artwork a Voice 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

Colonel Blimp is a paean to a particular idea of Britain, one that was already going out of fashion in 1943. Good fellows: Martin Scorsese and Colonel Blimp 2012-10-28T13:00:01Z

Sussex police released few details about the two suspects arrested late Friday in the worst drone-inflicted travel chaos to hit Britain. Gatwick flights resume; UK police question 2 drone suspects 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

The FBI was called in and liaised with police in Britain who turned up a string of fraud and theft offences going back 32 years. Raymond Scott guilty of handling stolen folio of Shakespeare's plays 2010-07-09T17:08:00Z

Universal Pictures on Thursday canceled the London premiere of "The Mummy" following the suicide bombing in Manchester that killed 22 people and caused Britain to raise its terrorism alert to critical. London premiere for Tom Cruise film 'The Mummy' axed after UK bombing 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

After arriving in Britain, many members of this cohort faced hostility, discrimination in employment and housing, and police harassment. In ‘Small Axe,’ Steve McQueen Explores Britain’s Caribbean Heritage 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

Britain abolished slavery in 1833, but Montserrat remained under white minority rule until the 1960s. How the world breaks: An intimate look at recent global natural weather disasters 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

All five seasons of “The Muppet Show” land on Disney+ this weekend, including seasons that were not previously available on DVD releases over the years and segments that aired only in Britain. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

He also became involved with numerous charities and worked to establish a permanent memorial to the veterans of Britain's World War II Bomber Command and recorded songs honoring British veterans. Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle 2012-05-21T01:52:11Z

France and Britain have been hit particularly badly, with prolonged strikes over peak holiday periods. Strikes in Europe: How to Plan Around Them 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

If that’s true in Britain, it’ll be doubly so in America, where censorship laws are often stricter and morals run more conservative. In Defense of the New Reality Show Sex Box 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

All the productions were well executed, leaving me with searching questions about the psychosexual dynamics of 21st-century Britain. Rewind TV: The Returned; Confessions of an Alien Abductee; The Fall; Dates; Agnetha: Abba and After – review 2013-06-15T17:00:05Z

We take Hollywood's commercial tics and the drumbeat of American values for universal truths, or at least believe they are applicable to life in Britain, which they are not. French films glow with confidence and culture. Ours should do the same 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Glastonbury is part of an increasingly crowded live music calendar in Britain, but remains the "mighty mother of all festivals" in the words of music website Pitchfork. U2, Coldplay, Beyonce lead line-up at Glastonbury 2011-06-22T11:33:08Z

Before then, William will serve about two-and-a-half more years as a rescue pilot in Anglesey, allowing the royal newlyweds to spend the first months of their marriage in a discreet corner of Britain. Prince William: Britain's Sea King of the skies 2011-04-14T13:17:15Z

In Britain, the Foreign Office advises against travel to the parts of northeastern Japan hit by the earthquake and tsunami, and to within 37 miles of the reactors in Fukushima. Update: To Japan or Not? Travelers Weigh Risks With Bargains 2011-07-29T19:37:59Z

He and several other former child migrants have come to Britain to share their experiences. Britain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’ 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

A passion for the land of Britain, its jutting rocks and its soaring oaks, is what connects Avebury and Gainsborough. The story of British art: my 5,000 year hunt for treasure 2012-07-10T17:31:39Z

Gerard Wallop, Viscount Lymington, used parliamentary questions to make decisive interventions against the possible admittance into Britain of refugees from Germany. Adam Foulds salutes Romantic Moderns, winner of the Guardian first book award 2010-12-02T14:09:00Z

Between January and October, the latest month for which data is available, the Berlin-Brandenburg statistics office said arrivals rose 2.5 percent to 10.7 million, driven in particular by demand from Britain. Berlin Christmas market attack threatens European tourism again 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

Britain in 25 years' time may look much as it does now, which is not hugely different from 25 years ago. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

This story of wage stagflation and the working poor is just as applicable in Britain. Low-paid Britain: 'People have had enough. It's soul destroying' 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

For his first track, he put on an emotional house tune called “When We Were Free,” which he had made last year in the middle of Britain’s third lockdown. Maskless and Sweaty: Clubbing Returns to Britain for a Weekend 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z

Built in 1840 by a wealthy local mill owner, the arboretum nonetheless holds an important title: the first public park in Britain. The Parks That Made the Man Who Made Central Park 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Publishers in America and Britain recently paid large advances to a young novelist who has told the story again, drawing on declassified documents on the secret C.I.A. operation that smuggled the manuscript back into Russia. Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

“Disraeli Gears” reached No. 5 in Britain and No. 4 in the United States. Martin Sharp, 71, Pop Artist Who Tested Boundaries, Dies 2013-12-06T03:39:14Z

The series, which was created by Allan Cubitt and renewed for a second season in Britain, shows admirable patience in telling its story. Television Review: Gillian Anderson in ‘The Fall,’ on Netflix From BBC2 2013-06-10T21:44:49Z

It is one of Britain’s most talked-about publishing houses, with a reputation as the English-language imprint of choice for Nobel Prize winners. How a Tiny British Publisher Became the Home of Nobel Laureates 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Politicians who had previously courted the media owner lined up to condemn his involvement in Britain. Murdoch 'never asked a UK prime minister for anything' 2012-04-25T12:48:00Z

Delgado said an international treaty would need to be negotiated between Britain, Canada, France and the U.S. Federal officials: Photos support case that human remains are in mud at Titanic shipwreck site 2012-04-15T05:48:00Z

Coleridge-Taylor, born to a white mother and Black father in Britain in 1875, wrote the pieces on “Uncovered, Vol. 1” while he was a student at the Royal College of Music in London. 3 New Albums Retell the History of Black Composers 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

And it was also a real political narrowing in Britain that was undeniably Thatcher led. Why Idris Elba Chose Comedy to Tell His Most Personal Story 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

Without this assertion we will fail to outline a vision for the future of the arts in Britain that is truly inclusive. Cutting diversity in the arts will cost Britain dearly 2011-03-30T12:30:01Z

There are between 25 and 30 circuses touring Britain of which only around five now feature any animals. Circuses remove last of the big cats from UK's big tops 2013-02-10T00:05:47Z

In 2011, he became the highest paid chief executive leading a charity in the Britain. Tony Hall: Reaction to new BBC DG 2012-11-22T15:30:49Z

Four years ago, almost all of them were playing in another act, called Nervous Conditions, which was on the verge of breaking through in Britain’s competitive indie music scene. Black Country, New Road, a Breakout Band, Starts Over (Again) 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

The group, tourists from Britain, Germany, the US and half a dozen other countries, followed the guide deep into Tollymore Forest and gathered around a tree stump. Tourism is coming... Northern Ireland turns into a Game of Thrones hotspot 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Two big books about trees have recently crossed my desk: They are both out of Britain but quite different in their scope. Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills

When he returned, along with his brother, to Britain in 1967, they brought their classical skills, particularly in pastry-making, to a restaurant scene that was old-fashioned and staid. Albert Roux, famed chef and major influence on UK dining habits, dies at 85 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

An Australian long resident in Britain, where he retired from full-time teaching at King's College London in 1991, he remained at the height of his intellectual powers right up to his death. Brian O'Shaughnessy obituary 2010-07-14T17:13:00Z

“Spare” sold more than 1.43 million copies in all formats in the United States, Canada and Britain, including pre-orders, according to its publisher. Prince Harry’s Memoir Has Record Breaking Sales 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

We are delighted to be working with the Royal Philharmonic Society to honour an important moment in Britain's musical history. Plaque to mark Beethoven symphony 2013-08-08T17:32:15Z

In Britain, only 40% of that film's screenings were in 3D , but these yielded 80% of the take, so thoroughly was the 2D version spurned. Shrek Forever After shows why 3D won't save cinema 2010-07-05T09:59:00Z

Photograph: The Wallace Collection As Britain enjoys the prospect of a royal wedding, monarchy is once again to the fore of national identity. Thomas Lawrence exhibition shows royals need to have the common touch 2010-11-24T14:31:00Z

Those themes feel particularly relevant in Britain these days, as the country’s contortions over Brexit have exposed ugly divisions over race, class and British identity. The Evolution of E L James 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday morning, a day in advance of the referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union, a team of people would board the Eurostar train in Paris with six hundred croissants in tow. Fighting Brexit, with Six Hundred Croissants 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

As piloted by the suave Matt Smith, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Lagonda is an impeccable example of one of the most beautiful objects ever manufactured in Britain. 'She is the Queen, whereas you are Joe Shmuck': Clive James on The Crown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, America — all are making fortunes by selling armaments. Helen Mirren Hits the Road 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Commonwealth Games, formerly known as the Empire Games, are held every four years and involve mostly countries and territories with colonial ties to Britain, including Australia, Canada, India and South Africa. Queen Elizabeth launches baton relay for Commonwealth Games 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

But her upright, commanding stoicism exudes the familiar, bracing air of upper-middle-class stoicism that remains one of Britain’s most popular cultural exports. London Theater Journal: In the Shadow of the Nazis 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Drew's other significant innovation is to use his own rap numbers about the state of Britain and its troubled young outsiders as a form of dramatic punctuation and a commentary on the characters' lives. Ill Manors – review 2012-06-09T23:08:05Z

The often-neglected Glad to Be Gay, by the Tom Robinson Band, is one of Britain's finest offerings. Your most inspiring political songs 2012-08-03T17:22:06Z

So why, then, is Britain yet to follow suit? With The Big C, Nurse Jackie and Weeds, US TV has given us women who are more than just Mistresses 2011-03-05T00:07:26Z

Gál's misfortunes as one of many Jewish and non-Jewish refugees imprisoned by Britain in 1940 included months of deprivation, emotional stress and general suffering. Music of Remembrance honors Hans G?l 2011-11-02T21:03:04Z

In the meantime, it will go on display for the entire summer from on Tuesday along with old and new works exploring Britain's passion for hunting, horse racing, football and boxing. Edwin Landseer's Otter Speared: rare display for 'gruesome' painting 2010-05-09T19:24:00Z

Even the Labour prime minister Harold Wilson, the antithesis of an imperial statesman, insisted that Britain’s “frontiers were on the Himalayas.” Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Interest is especially strong in Britain, according to a spokeswoman for the site, where “it skyrocketed in September this year”. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

One concluded: “I’m amazed by the puritanical tone of this piece. What a boring, self-righteous place Britain is becoming.” Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

When “Suspects” had its premiere in Britain in 2014, it was called innovative and revolutionary. Review: ‘Suspects,’ Britain’s Unscripted Relative of ‘Law & Order’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

Chekhov, for example, suffered particularly from our humour bypass when his plays arrived in Britain. Is it OK to laugh at Ibsen? 2010-10-25T09:57:00Z

Tywin is clearly King Edward I, a tall, ruthless warlord whose pursuit of dynastic dominance brought misery to the small folk across Britain. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

In Britain, by contrast, writers of all sorts occasionally dabbled in “scientific romance.” Review | Forget the bestseller list: These lesser-known works deserve your attention 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

It took literally a month in Britain for unique content, which was tuned in to the moment and the scenario to come out. Cooking with Jamie Oliver is cheap, easy — and requires only one pan 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

The prospect, which would attract international cavers for a "three-county experience" in Britain's increasingly popular underworld, follows "fantastic work", according to Ian Lawton of Kendal, a member of the survey team. Cave miners close to connecting three British counties underground 2010-08-12T10:47:00Z

The Independent called it “Britain’s answer to The Wire”, while Vice dedicated an oral history to the making of it. 'The show needed to come back': how Drake rescued the druglords of Top Boy 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

Four years ago Harry Christophers and the Sixteen devoted their annual choral pilgrimage, touring Britain performing in churches and cathedrals, to Victoria's gravely beautiful Requiem. This week's new live music 2011-03-05T00:07:31Z

“Quiz” — which arrives Sunday on AMC — is about one of Britain’s strangest crimes. How ‘Quiz,’ a Drama About Coughing, Captivated Lockdown Britain 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Henahan was a World War II fighter pilot who served with the Eighth Air Force in Britain. Donal Henahan, a Music Critic for The Times, Dies at 91 2012-08-20T18:26:36Z

That side-by-side recitation was also a reminder of Cavafy the polyglot: He was partly raised in Britain as a child, and he reportedly spoke Greek with an English accent. Reanimating Cavafy, a Poet of ‘Future Generations’ Whose Time Is Now 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

As a result, protocol suggests that Harry, an army veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, may only wear a suit with medals at royal functions, Britain’s Press Association reported. Senior royals to skip uniforms at Prince Philip’s funeral 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

"It is about marking the moment that Britain joined World War One with the idea of a single source of light replacing all other kinds of light." Lights going out for WW1 centenary 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

The jury for the prize is made up of some of the world’s most influential artists and curators, like Nicholas Serota, the longtime director of the Tate museums in Britain, and the sculptor Huma Bhabha. Pierre Huyghe Wins Nasher Sculpture Prize 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

English Heritage, a registered charity that oversees more than 400 historic buildings across Britain, has guardianship of the home, and rent is paid to the charity or to the family that owns it. For Opera Fans, a Grand Day Out 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

I could sauce it up in Great Britain and then pick up my sobriety where I’d left off once I got back to the States. I was a sober college student 2012-09-23T16:01:00Z

Two paying clients, dive instructors hailing from Britain and France, offered good-natured recommendations on equipment and diving techniques. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

The real painter was the man who on Saturday will be crowned as Britain’s king. A King Who Actually Likes the Arts 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

Pinto is on a brief visit to Britain from Los Angeles, where she now lives, to promote Love Sonia. Freida Pinto: ‘I wouldn’t work with Woody Allen again’ 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

He contrasts Britain with the Netherlands, France and China, and asks why none of those countries — all of which had plenty of scientists and inventors — developed a practical steam engine. 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World': the invention and ascension of steam power 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z

It cost only £4.5m, it showcases British actors, it's set in Britain, it's shot in Britain and it's directed by a Brit, yet it's impressed America. The King's Speech flies the flag for a stiff upper lip that no longer exists 2011-01-10T11:13:19Z

This is important for Roman archaeology because this is the first theatre of its type found in Britain. Roman theatre discovered in Kent 2013-01-07T13:42:59Z

Earlier this month, the charity Crisis said an estimated 24,000 people across Britain would be spending the festive period sleeping rough or in cars, trains, buses or tents. The seven standout stories of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

Did she find it a relief to get out of the Britain of 2018? Samantha Morton: ‘Maybe I was the first person to publicly answer Weinstein’ 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

She will argue that the contribution of the arts goes beyond direct economic impact, but helps create what amounts to a brand identity of Britain overseas, with British arts helping to market exports. British culture should be seen as commodity, says Maria Miller 2013-04-23T23:01:03Z

In Britain, comedy fans have thin pickings as broadcasters have to respect rules on impartiality, and chatty panel shows, rather than hard-hitting satire, dominate the schedules. Brits still waiting for full Brexit comedy dividend 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Britain is currently awaiting a more imminent royal birth with Prince William's wife Kate Middleton expected to give birth this month to a baby who will become third in line to the throne. Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips and husband expecting baby 2013-07-08T11:41:40Z

The International Booker Prize is awarded every year to the best book translated into English and published in Britain or Ireland. Hindi Novel Wins International Booker Prize for the First Time 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

In the late 1950s, Britain had just reached the point when exciting consumer goods were coming within reach of the not-really-rich, and at Worcester reel-to-reel tape recorders were definitely the consumer gizmos of choice. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

The Hay Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, bringing Nobel Prize-winning writers, philosophers, politicians and musicians to Hay-on-Wye to showcase their work and exchange ideas with an audience from all over Britain and beyond. Hay book fest marks 25th at "Woodstock of the mind" 2012-05-24T15:07:35Z

In Britain, most series run three years and, like “Downton,” for nine episodes each season. ‘Downton’ funk: The end of ‘Abbey’s’ road draws nigh 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, news breaks of Britain's first "comedy hotel", a Travelodge above a comedy club in Bethnal Green, east London, that promises toilet roll with jokes printed on it. Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust 2013-03-19T15:20:24Z

For all her enduring stature as one of Britain’s best-known, well-paid and most widely read authors, her relationship with the literary establishment was ambiguous. Fay Weldon, British Novelist Who Challenged Feminist Orthodoxy, Dies at 91 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

The four-month festival will see all 21 acres of the centre, including the Royal Festival Hall and Hayward gallery, taken over in celebration of what was a defining moment in 20th-century Britain. Skylon's the limit 2011-01-19T17:27:31Z

Not really like this, the South Bank is an institution and this year being the 60th anniversary is appropriate - it's 60 years since the Festival of Britain kicked off. Meltdown maestro 2011-06-07T07:32:30Z

Logan believed the force could be reformed from within at a time when tensions between the police and Britain’s Black communities had never been higher. In ‘Small Axe,’ Steve McQueen Explores Britain’s Caribbean Heritage 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

A highly independent character, Loos was fascinated by Britain and was keenly aware of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1890s. Art: Art & Design London Succeeds With an Outstanding Mix of Pieces on Offer 2011-10-14T13:00:17Z

After our interview, Francis will show the 100 Club why the Heartstrings – making their headlining debut in London – are one of the best live bands in Britain. Frankie and the Heartstrings: 'Music needs a bit o' spite' 2010-06-17T22:29:00Z

It’s already been canceled in Britain, so these six episodes are it. TV listings: Weekend of June 20-21, 2015 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

"His images touched the lives of thousands of ordinary people in Britain and around the world, but his reputation has suffered from art world snobbery and misunderstanding," said Martin Myrone, curator of the show. John Martin, "master of apocalypse," gets rare show 2011-09-19T15:59:40Z

Hi, my hair is red and curly and glorious, and P.S., the London papers now call me “the most hated woman in Britain.” The Mirror: Making Waves, With No Apology 2011-08-05T20:14:52Z

The Berlin Philharmonic are in Britain, giving a concert tomorrow morning. Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim hit Oxford for May Day 2010-04-30T11:53:00Z

In fact, he goes so far as to suggest that this recognition of homegrown talent might justify the ceremony being televised in Britain – perhaps on BBC4. Noises off: Views from the edge of the red carpet 2010-06-17T10:04:00Z

Here it is, once again on the big screen: the military catastrophe that Britain’s wartime alchemy of propaganda somehow transformed into our almost-finest hour. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

Even outside Britain – yeah, all right, that's the Fritzl case, but there is at least an awareness of a wider world. TV review: Peep Show; Him & Her 2012-11-25T22:35:01Z

Yes, now I realise I have got to No 46 already, we are all the children of postwar Britain. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z

This summer, they are touring through Great Britain, headlining clubs and major music festivals in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and United States. Band of Horses breaks away on "Infinite Arms" 2010-05-27T21:55:00Z

The historian David Kynaston recalls the scale of the change in his book Austerity Britain, which covers the same period as Loach's documentary. The Spirit of '45: where did it go? 2013-03-02T16:00:02Z

"Inferno" will be published in Britain on the same date by Transworld Publishers, a division of The Random House Group. New Dan Brown novel "Inferno" due out May 14 2013-01-15T15:10:15Z

The Tate Britain, in a press statement, said, “These contrasting approaches suggest the impact of the Internet, cinema, TV and mobile technologies on a new generation of artists.” ArtsBeat: Turner Prize Nominees Announced 2014-05-07T14:19:57Z

What there was an abundance of were sailing songs, which reflects the maritime traditions of Britain. Billy Bragg’s Railroad Songs 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

But the episodes were adapted to reflect the legal system in Britain. Donk Donk! British Version of 'Law & Order' Coming Stateside 2010-09-16T19:40:00Z

A fictionalized pandemic prompts Edith, an artist in Britain, to hole up in her studio with a lover she has only just met. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

The whole economy requires innovators if Britain is to have a prosperous future in an increasingly competitive world. Letters: Economic impact of funding for the arts 2013-06-28T20:00:12Z

Britain and Ireland are a work in progress for travelers, and those equipped with the latest information enjoy a better experience. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

In their words, it includes: Individuals who were either born, and lived and worked, in Britain into their adult lives, or those who were not born here but took on citizenship. Every British Oscar winner ever. As a spreadsheet 2011-02-28T13:05:00Z

After beginning his career quietly in Britain in the mid-1950s, Mr. Wood attained international renown more than a decade later. John Wood, Actor Known for Nimbleness, Dies at 81 2011-08-11T04:16:36Z

The passing of British jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk - the first artist to simultaneously top the charts on both sides of the Atlantic - and crime novelist PD James was also felt both in Britain and beyond. Famous faces who died in 2014 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

Travelers aboard a self-guided narrow boat in the canals of Britain might navigate just a few dozen miles in a week’s time. Why this may be the moment for a micro cruise 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Kubrick, an American who lived most of his life in Britain, died in 1999. Stanley Kubrick never paid for my early work as a composer, childhood friend reveals 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Vaughan’s face — if not his name — was familiar to generations of television viewers in Britain and around the world. Peter Vaughan, venerated character actor of British stage, TV and film, dies at 93 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Parker was one of Britain’s most successful directors, whose diverse body of work includes “Fame,” Mississippi Burning, “The Commitments and “Angela’s Ashes.” Alan Parker, director of “Midnight Express” dies at 76 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

With the popularity for royal family riding high in Britain and overseas after the royal wedding and last year's Diamond Jubilee celebrating Queen Elizabeth's 60 year reign, retailers are cashing in on the new arrival. Britain on royal baby watch in countdown to arrival 2013-07-08T16:01:14Z

At the same time, Britain’s supermarkets are reporting a surge in sales of vegan food and drink, which they expect to continue throughout the year. Veganuary ends on record high with 250,000 participants 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

In Britain, fewer people do sport now than did before the Olympics in 2012. Fanfare 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

But what we see in the show is a patch of Britain that doesn’t normally end up in TV or movies or in celebrity culture. Britain soldiers on, bakes off: “Great British Baking Show” projects a happier image for fans 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

He concludes that Britain needs more rational public debate: a closer relationship between politics and academia, better media analysis of government and more compromise in the legislature. A difficult truth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Dover Furnace specializes in sporting clays, which arrived in this country from Britain in 1980, with the United States Sporting Clays Association formed in 1985 and the first national championship held that year. Women Try Beretta Shooting Grounds at Dover Furnace 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Last December, the choir had a coronavirus outbreak in the run-up to the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, then decided to cancel its live broadcast entirely as Britain was plunged into another lockdown. A New Carol for an Old Christmas Tradition 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

So, while the cobbles rattled to the sound of carts and chariots generations before the Romans invaded Britain, the route itself was older than Rome. What the Romans didn't do for us 2011-03-16T20:30:00Z

“I’m really hopeful that I could do another Broadway show or two, before I pop my clogs, as we say in Britain,” Doyle said. Head of Classic Stage Company to Depart in 2022 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

Established in 1992 and open to acts from Britain and Ireland, the Mercury Prize often favors the eclectic and the innovative over better-known performers. Arlo Parks wins Mercury Prize for ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’ 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Her prodigious research is based on many important archives located in Britain, Germany and the United States, on Fuchs family papers and the papers of major scientists. The Spy Who Handed America’s Nuclear Secrets to the Soviets 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

Can you name one contestant from the seven seasons of Britain’s “The X Factor”? 'X Factor': High hopes, low info 2011-04-27T22:23:00Z

More than one million soldiers from Britain and its former empire died in the conflict. Britain to turn off lights to mark World War One centenary 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Clearly, the CMA is taking preventive measure to stop a disaster like that happening in Britain. Netflix’s Fyre festival film offers a masterclass in how not to influence people 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Titled 100 Images of Migration and part of the Migration Museum project, the aim of this collection of photographs is to chart the immigrant experience in Britain over the past 100 years. Home sweet home 2013-06-11T17:03:00Z

Alongside teams representing France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and Britain, the Gnarcats traveled to Italy under the aegis of the shoe designer Christian Louboutin to showcase his latest sneaker, the Aurelien. Christian Louboutin Opens the Florence Shows With Bike Polo 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Around 1 million of those who died were from Britain and its then-empire. Ask WW1 questions before it's too late, director Peter Jackson says 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

He grew up dirt poor, fought in the war with the RAF, changed the family name to Roth, partly in solidarity with Jews, and joined Britain’s Communist party. Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

During the 19th century, the rugged lands beyond India’s Khyber Pass emerged as the bloody playground of “The Great Game,” in which Russia and Britain jockeyed for power and territory. Review | We may not be able to leave the house, but these transporting books whisk us to Central Asia 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

Britain says it used an episode of TV series “Sherlock” to encourage change in the communist state. UK sends Sherlock Holmes to woo North Korea 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

“Nothing to Envy” was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award and took home the Samuel Johnson Prize in Britain. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-19T22:54:44Z

Philip went to school in Britain and entered Dartmouth Naval College as a cadet in 1939. Philip, in role with no job description, was queen’s bedrock 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Personal albums and photo collages put together by Dame Barbara will form part of the exhibition at Tate Britain. Hepworth photos revealed in exhibit 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

When Britain Baker was at B.Y.U., he had to go to considerable effort to secure a beard waiver, to go with his vintage T-shirts and rolled selvedge jeans. Young Mormons Find Ways to Be Hip 2011-10-26T20:31:24Z

The “Paper Planes” rapper reflects on her childhood as the daughter of a Tamil activist in Sri Lanka, her adolescence as a refugee in Britain, and how those experiences and others shaped her music. Fall Movies 2018: Dive Into an Ocean’s Worth of Offerings 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Britain’s political parties paused campaigning for next month’s local and Scottish elections, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson led political tributes. COVID, Philip’s no-fuss attitude mean simpler funeral plan 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

A serious bibliophile, his private library became the largest in Britain. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z

Britain's economic uncertainty and painful memories of the 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing are somber undercurrents at the raucous Edinburgh Fringe, a vast buffet of performance, standup, theater and music that opened Friday. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z

Carbon dating charts the arrival of cities in India, writing in Mesopotamia and megaliths in Britain. These faces from the ice age give the lie to our idea of civilisation 2013-02-08T07:00:11Z

Publicly funded museums that seek to sell important work will face tougher sanctions from the Museums Association in Britain, The Independent reported. British Group Toughens Its Code for Art Sales 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

Well-known in Canada, where he lives, he gives some interesting reasons why Britain is “just waking up to me” and his bestselling book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. How dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

In Britain, they include the common bluebottle and greenbottle, and they are the forensic entomologist's raw material. Lords of the flies: the insect detectives 2010-09-23T07:00:00Z

After ten years away, the controversial former Prime Minister is back with a plan to save Britain from Brexit. Weekly Culture Review: How to Name a Scandal, “Anne of Green Gables,” and More 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

As much of the debate since her death has shown, there are still plenty of takers for this doomy, simplistic view of pre-Thatcherite Britain. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z

In Britain we're sceptical of the idea of the architect as intellectual. Tome, sweet tome 2010-05-17T15:37:00Z

Clarkson is a major celebrity in Britain and is well recognized to car buffs around the world. Jeremy Clarkson to be fired from 'Top Gear,' report says 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

It features five women and three men, from Kenya, India, Ireland and Britain as well as the United States. Smith novel makes Folio shortlist 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

By 2010 Britain's role in the world, no longer colonial, is to participate in the international rendering of English and its culture. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

"Don't let him take Britain back to the 1980s," said Labour's poster. Ashes to Ashes ends and everything becomes less clear 2010-05-21T21:01:00Z

Ms. Jackson is the first British woman to play the part this century in a major production, and she does so at a moment when gender is a battlefront for Shakespeareans in Britain. Glenda Jackson Hopes to Scale Mount Lear in Her Stage Return 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

What was your idea of Britain before you came here – a promised land? Doreen Lawrence: 'I could have shut myself away, but that is not me' 2013-04-20T22:26:39Z

The books, published in Britain by Farshore, a division of HarperCollins, and in the United States by Penguin Random House, quickly led to other media and merchandising. These Books Stand the (Silly, Messy, Topsy-Turvy) Test of Time 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Operation London Bridge: Britain also has a new queen consort, Camilla, and line of succession that the queen had been planning for some time. The queen’s beloved corgis were always near. What happens to them now? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

He arrives in the capital Lilongwe on Sunday, where he will visit a college and interact with young women whose education is supported by funds from Britain. Britain's Prince Harry to touch down in Malawi 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

His intention was clear - to undercut the Liverpool paper of the time, the Mercury, by producing the very first one-penny regional newspaper in Britain. Newspaper marks 50,000th edition 2013-09-23T06:32:35Z

With Britain facing the prospect of a triple-dip recession, many retailers have been forced to grapple for consumers facing income squeezes. Rihanna brings high street to catwalks at London show 2013-02-17T03:25:14Z

The elegant architecture of the four graduated drawers resting on bracket feet bears witness to the admiration for Chinese furniture design in early Georgian Britain. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z

In Britain, our orchestras are more or less 50/50. Portrait of the artist: Edward Gardner, conductor 2012-06-12T18:00:01Z

The televised Christmas Day message is a tradition in Britain, a moment when the monarch reflects on the holiday’s meaning and the challenges facing the country. UK Queen’s Christmas speech set to be particularly personal 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

“Knowledge we cannot bear to live with” is central to Levy’s latest novel, “The Man Who Saw Everything” — her third consecutive novel to contend for Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize. Crossing Abbey Road: It’s More Dangerous Than You Might Think 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

There was no evidence of self-harm or other injuries, but her blood alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit in Britain, the court heard. Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries Died Accidentally, Coroner Finds 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Kerr was raised in Britain, the son of hotel managers and an only child. The Galloping Gourmet made cooking fun on TV long before Food Network. Now he’s back. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hurt’s publicist in Britain, Charles McDonald, confirmed his death on Saturday. John Hurt, British Actor Hailed for His Shape-Shifting Roles, Dies at 77 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

She met her husband, Chris Turner — a successful comedian best known for his freestyle rap — through an improv comedy group in Britain. A Debut Novel Creates a World From Pages Taken From the Past 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

Their unique story never gets old, and it offers pointers about where France and Britain might go next. A friendship forged in the Eurotunnel isn’t fazed by ‘Brexit’ 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

The track was released just after midnight on Friday in Britain and a version was posted on YouTube. ArtsBeat: Adele Releases New Bond Theme Song 2012-10-05T15:42:11Z

It's also the most influential restaurant in Britain. St John's five rules for success: 'No music, no art, no garnishes, no flowers, no service charge' 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

Now, Head returns to the gallery as one of Britain's foremost innovators of digital art. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z

Announcement of their separation comes after a tumultuous few months for Britain’s royal family. Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips and wife Autumn to divorce 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

The queen, at 86, is already Britain's longest-lived monarch. After jubilee success, monarchy faces the future 2012-06-05T19:08:17Z

Over at Scottish designer Christopher Kane's show at the Tate Britain museum, foam Croc shoes studded with unpolished gems were the talking point. Burberry inspires nostalgia, Christopher Kane elevates Crocs 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

By the age of 17, he was working in the dangerous mines of what is now Zimbabwe, which paid his way to Britain where he studied at the London School of Journalism. Best-selling Australian author Courtenay dies 2012-11-23T03:49:08Z

If ever American tourists return in numbers to asset-stripped Britain, this would make a great West End attraction. The Borrowers; The Mouse and His Child; Robin and His Merry Mam!; Dial M for Murgatroyd 2012-12-23T00:04:15Z

Photograph: Mark Pinder In Britain, though, things didn't go so well. Kurt Schwitters: the pop art pioneer who brought order to chaos 2013-01-19T09:01:37Z

Meanwhile, in Britain, Samantha gave an interview last year to a chap by the name of Piers. With Carrie and Samantha’s spat, we finally get to watch the real Sex and the City 3 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z

Much of what I watched then was historic and extraordinary, but unavailable in my native Britain. Critic’s Notebook: That ’40s Pas de Deux? You Can Still Catch It 2013-08-28T21:52:03Z

Where does one begin the story of the Beatles in Britain? A Beatles Tour in England? You Know That Can’t be Bad 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

In Britain there was no conscription after the end of national service in 1960. Jon Savage on song: The Zombies ? Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) 2011-03-17T09:32:54Z

In 1987, in accordance with new international laws, Britain extended its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, drawing Sealand back into British waters. We rule OK: England's independent island kingdoms 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

Britain today has 90% fewer nightingales than it did just 40 years ago. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z

Not one picture by the artist is on view in the museums that acquired his work, Tate Britain included. Contemporary Art Works of Often Subtle Beauty 2010-10-08T15:11:00Z

With a devilish stubble and a wardrobe of T-shirts that fit snugly over his muscular shoulders, Mr. Lowe — a New Zealander by birth — has carved out a certain celebrity status in Britain. Zane Lowe, the D.J. Scratching Out Beats 1 for Apple 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

He was sentenced to five years in prison, and was sent to Wandsworth — one of the largest, oldest and unruliest prisons in Britain. A Filmmaker Put Away for Tax Fraud Takes Us Inside a British Prison 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t say ‘demanding,’ because it doesn’t sound nice,” he said the other day in a courtly accented English refined at the Sevenoaks School in Britain. Eleuteri, a Vintage Jeweler, Brings Italian Glamour to New York 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

The National Trust’s ongoing efforts to recognize Britain’s colonial past have been met with some pushback, and deciding whether to retitle artworks can be complex. Black Portraits Get New Names, and a New Show 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

As one of the few stable nations left on the planet, Britain has enacted strict anti-immigration laws and is flooded with refugees. The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Hulu and More In September 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Once called “the busiest actor in Britain”, Rada-trained Pryce has played most of the greats on stage, won two Olivier and two Tony awards, starred in Hollywood hits and been a Bond villain. 'It was madness': Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

Abandoned as a baby, Mr. Cole was reared by adoptive parents and mentored by Sim, a prolific stage and screen star in Britain. George Cole, Who Famously Played a Young Scrooge, Dies at 90 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Such was the interest in the case in Britain that even Prime Minister David Cameron passed comment, saying he was a massive fan of Lawson whom he described as "very funny and warm". British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson's staff cleared of fraud 2013-12-20T16:11:53Z

Except for the middle-class accents, the film presents an honest, down-to-earth portrait of Britain in the postwar age of austerity. Dance Hall 2013-04-20T23:05:30Z

Most of the owls I saw in Britain had been stuffed during the Victorian era. Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z

So without being so in-your-face about it, Britain and America have both managed to subtly outdo one of the most explicitly racist regimes in human history. Convicted drug dealers are political prisoners: I should know — I was one 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

She recently returned from a trip to Britain, where Sotheby’s was auctioning her work, and has a trip planned to Japan. How Much Real Money Can You Make From Virtual Art? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

Brooke Newman, a history professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies the British royal family, noted that Britain was the primary trader of enslaved people in the mid-to-late 18th century. Here’s What to Know About ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’ 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Joan Collins may be gloomy about Britain, but riots or no riots, returning expat writers may bring a different perspective. Broken Britain? Read returning natives before Joan Collins 2011-08-25T08:56:29Z

So far, “Small Axe” has been met with rapturous reviews, both in Britain, where it played on the BBC, and in the United States. Perspective | The unbreakable gaze of Steve McQueen: ‘I’m asking you, please, look’ 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

Beyond him the Houses of Parliament glow in sunlight, in a vision of an orderly, humble, relaxed Britain. Colour footage of London in the 1920s allows us to be tourists in our own past 2013-05-22T17:12:42Z

That I think was misconstrued by politicians and sometimes the press here in Britain. Falklands war novel by leading Argentinian author comes to Edinburgh 2012-08-22T14:43:01Z

They are on best-seller lists, garner high profile reviews and win major awards, in America and in Britain. New Wave of African Writers With an Internationalist Bent 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z