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Lego Queen Elizabeth dons diamond crown for 60th coronation year

2013-05-16 08:15:00

The roughly 4-inch Lego likeness of Queen Elizabeth II will wear a silver-and-diamond crown less than an inch big to mark the 60th anniversary of the British monarch's coronation. The Queen of Miniland, as she's called, will show off the crown with 48...

Album skewering Margaret Thatcher to be reissued on April 17

2013-04-16 15:11:00

After former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was pilloried following her death last week with a campaign in England to vault the song “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” to the top of the nation’s pop chart, an English satirist is...

Make it stop: Jane Austen via 'Downton Abbey' in new book

2013-02-07 08:59:00

Jane Austen has been dead for close to 200 years, but it's hard to imagine she's gotten much rest in her grave in Westminster Abbey, what with all the rewrites, updates and zombifications of her work. We get it: her books are much beloved, and readers...

Pictures in the News | October 1, 2012

2012-10-01 08:13:53

Pictures in the News | Nov. 8, 2012

2012-11-08 12:41:00

London tips from a Londoner: Have a Games plan

2012-07-08 00:00:00

LONDON — I'm a Londoner and I love London. And 2012 is London's year. But it's not an easy city — not to navigate, not to find affordable accommodations, not to stay dry. As we approach the Olympics, here are some tips that may help you. If...

Italian city pulls back from making Dalai Lama an honorary citizen

2012-06-21 16:41:03

Crystal Cathedral member files $30-billion claim over church sale

2012-06-01 21:35:49

Info on visiting London

2011-12-04 00:00:00

TELEPHONES To call the numbers below from the U.S., dial 011 (the international dialing code), 44 (the country code for England) and 20 (the city code for London). WHERE TO STAY The Goring, 15 Beeston Place, 7396-9000, http://www.thegoring.com. This...

Newt's swan song in the key of F, as in Florida?

2012-01-30 16:36:04

Charles Dickens' 200th birthday: Ralph Fiennes helps set the stage

2012-02-10 10:25:10

Charles Dickens, a man with his own ghosts, gets Google Doodle

2012-02-10 10:30:50

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham arrive to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

...I'd hope for the resolute tones of Winston Churchill, but I have this fear they might sound like Prince Charles, complaining about something contemporary. Anything contemporary.

2013-03-21 15:42:45

Prince William, Kate Middleton and her father in Westminster Abbey.

2013-02-19 00:00:00