Canterbury

Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls

2013-05-15 17:18:00

Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...

David Bowie video pulled from YouTube, then returned with warning

2013-05-09 12:14:00

It's nice to know even a 66-year-old David Bowie can still elicit some pearl-clutching. The video for the art-rock titan's new single "The Next Day" stars Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard as a priest and a prostitute. It features a bit of PG-13...

Opera review: Ferruccio Furlanetto drives 'Murder in the Cathedral'

2013-04-01 17:20:00

SAN DIEGO — Devout opera companies caring to connect with Holy Week easily can. Along with the obvious choice of Wagner's "Parsifal," contemporary composers such as Harrison Birtwistle ("The Last Supper") and John Adams ("The Gospel According to the...

Looking for opera inspiration

2013-03-23 06:30:00

Like every other form of art, operas can be inspired by just about anything — historical events, myths, epic poems, plays, even movies. Often, such operas go on to eclipse their inspiration. Puccini's "Tosca," derived from a play by Victorien...

The pope dresses down -- and what it means

2013-03-19 09:54:00

Five years ago I wrote an op-ed column for The Times about Pope Benedict XVI’s partiality for ornate vestments and miters (the double-pointed hats sported not only by the pope but also by other bishops in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches)....

TV review: A thrilling look at 'Shakespeare Uncovered'

2013-01-25 18:19:00

Loving Shakespeare with a love so immoderate it would take a Shakespeare to describe it, I was pretty well pre-sold on "Shakespeare Uncovered," a six-part analytical-historical gambol through several of his plays, beginning Friday on PBS. By the same...

Rowan Williams, leader of Church of England, leaving office

2012-12-30 04:52:00

The head of the Church of England is leaving office after a decade as the spiritual leader of the world's 80 million-strong Anglican Communion. Rowan Williams, the 104th archbishop of Canterbury, will be replaced by 56-year-old former oil executive...

Church of England lifts ban on gay bishops

2013-01-04 13:48:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. LONDON --The Church of England said Friday that it will allow gay men to become�bishops, putting it closer to its sister Episcopal Church in the United States but at odds with many...

U.N.: 11,000 refugees pour out of Syria in 24 hours

2012-11-09 10:33:39

Tibetans are content, China's Communist Party congress is told

2012-11-09 10:03:44

London Olympics: 10 day trips outside London

2012-07-08 00:00:00

Ticket holders at this summer's Olympic Games will have something in common with non-sporting London visitors: At some point, they will want to flee the jam-packed capital. Luckily, escaping the madding crowds is as easy as hopping on a train. As a Brit...

Former oil executive named as next archbishop of Canterbury

2012-11-09 04:32:25

Pine Castle's Kaley Bitterman, shown in a file photo, struck out 9 but took the loss in Saturday's Class 2A state softball final against St. Petersburg Canterbury. (Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel)

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Country music fans. from left, Santi Pena, Ashlee Knight, John Gruttadaurio, Nicole Canterbury, Steven Worell and Kimbo Katsuda show off their popular "John Beere beer bong tractor" before listening to bands on the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in

2013-04-26 17:00:00

Justin Welby, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, leads the Easter Sunday service at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England.

2013-03-31 00:00:00