LONDON: When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London’s Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol,” he looks out on an empty auditorium.The...
LONDON: John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre...
LONDON: Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the Booker Prize for fiction for “Shuggie Bain.” The novel about a boy’s turbulent coming of age in...
STOCKHOLM: American poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday for her “candid and uncompromising” work, which looks unflinchingly and with...
LONDON: A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday on a diverse list of contenders for the...
EDINBURGH: Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theater and comedy the...
LONDON: Ian Holm, a versatile British actor whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has died. He was 88.Holm died...
BRUSSELS: Friday will mark a truly historic moment, but almost nothing will happen. A few Union Jack flags will be lowered from European Union buildings in...
LONDON: Britain passed a major milestone on the road to Brexit when the House of Commons Thursday approved a bill authorizing the country’s departure from the...
LONDON: Boris Johnson aspires to be a modern-day Winston Churchill. Critics fear he’s a British Donald Trump. Johnson Tuesday won the contest to lead the...
LONDON: Britain is getting a new prime minister. Buckle up for a rocky ride. The U.K.’s governing Conservatives will announce Tuesday the winner of a contest...
LONDON: Visitors don’t just view the new London exhibition devoted to Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. They also feel, smell and taste it.Eliasson...
LONDON: Britain’s data regulator said Monday it wants to fine British Airways 183 million pounds ($229 million) over a data breach that compromised...
LONDON: A figure of a roaring lion, about the size of a loaf of bread, is the latest step in the fight to preserve culture from conflict. The sculpture is a...
DEAL, England: The people of Deal would like a Brexit deal. Above all, they want Britain's divided politicians to make a decision.This seaside town facing...
LONDON: Jodie Chesney was a keen Explorer Scout. Yousef Makki wanted to be a surgeon. The two 17-year-olds were stabbed to death on the same weekend in...
LONDON: It’s said that history often repeats itself - the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Many Britons feel they are living through both at the...
LONDON: Tragicomic royal drama “The Favourite” and Mexican family memoir “Roma” split the honors with multiple wins each at Sunday’s British Academy Film...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal may not be, as one opposition lawmaker called it, "as dead as the deadest...
LONDON: “Antony and Cleopatra,” currently running at London’s National Theatre, has tragic romance, two top-flight actors and a live snake. No wonder it’s a...
LONDON: Michael Caine has been looking back, and on the whole he likes the view. Regrets? He’s had few. In “Blowing the Bloody Doors Off,” whose title adapts...
LONDON: Anna Burns won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Milkman,” a vibrant, violent story about men, women, conflict and power set...
LONDON: Art prankster Banksy has struck again.A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auctiongoers Friday, moments after...
LONDON: A stained glass window by artist David Hockney, based on a design he sketched on an iPad, was unveiled Wednesday amid the marble and monuments of...
LONDON: Christian Marclay’s “The Clock” is both the ultimate feature film and an artwork you can set your watch by. The Swiss-American artist has edited...