Stephen Fry

Nick D'Aloisio, 17, suddenly rich, famous after Yahoo buys Summly

2013-03-25 13:45:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Meet Nick D'Aloisio, the 17-year-old British entrepreneur sensation who just sold his popular news-reading app to Yahoo Inc. for close to $30 million, instantly becoming one of the world's youngest self-made technology millionaires. It'...

Review: BBC America's 'Ripper Street' a fine dose of mystery

2013-01-19 00:00:00

"Ripper Street," the Victorian-era police procedural debuting on BBC America on Saturday, opens with chilling promise and on a decidedly modern note. It's 1889 in London's notorious East End and a man leads a group of middle class English citizens to...

In Britain, Spacehive helps the people get civic projects done

2013-02-02 06:00:00

LONDON — In 2011, the London riots created chaos across the capital as disgruntled youth burned down buildings, looted shops and rampaged in the streets. A recent exhibition in Tottenham, the epicenter of the riots, looked at the reasons why....

'Lincoln' dominates BAFTA nominations, earning 10

2013-01-09 05:00:00

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" dominated the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards early Wednesday. The historical American epic earned 10 nominations including best film, best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, best supporting actor for Tommy Lee...

‘Hobbit’: Watch live New Zealand world premiere’s red carpet event

2012-11-26 10:52:59

What ho, Jeeves! Another P.G. Wodehouse character comes to U.K. TV

2013-01-02 10:37:00

It's not Jeeves and Wooster, but BBC1 is hoping another classic comedy by P.G. Wodehouse will make for a just as successful television hit. In January, British television watchers will get to see "Blandings," starring Timothy Spall and "Absolutely...

‘Hobbit’ at Comic-Con: Peter Jackson tours the Shire and beyond

2012-07-15 16:32:49

'The New Republic' by Lionel Shriver

2012-03-25 00:00:00

It takes guts to write a satire about terrorism — and Lionel Shriver has guts. She has already published biting novels about the failings of the U.S. healthcare system ("So Much for That") and a school shooter ("We Need to Talk About Kevin")....

This Sunday: Mark Salzman, Geoff Dyer, Stephen Fry and more

2012-02-24 16:35:26

Album Review: Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow"

2011-11-21 21:36:14

Stephen Fry's blogulosity

2010-10-03 16:34:30

Twitter joke goes bad, users protest by evoking Spartacus

2010-11-12 16:33:48

Claim to fame: Laurie is best known to American audiences as the brilliant but cranky Dr.

2011-08-10 15:14:05

Comedian Stephen Fry served as the host of BAFTA's Britannia Awards.

2010-11-05 08:34:09

, Burton says. The Cheshire Cat taps into what you might call my hatred of cats.

2010-02-27 09:59:16