Charles, Prince of Wales

Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure

2013-05-13 05:28:00

Kwame Kwei-Armah is turning up the floodlights on Center Stage. It's been not quite two years since the British-born playwright became artistic director of Maryland's largest regional theater. With his production of two button-pushing dramas nicknamed...

Get that London look in Baltimore

2012-07-18 14:07:00

As nations battle it out for sports supremacy at the Olympics in London this summer, we can all acknowledge that when it comes to fashion, the Brits have us beat. Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Burberry, Kate Moss, Kate Middleton, Twiggy, the...

Two injured in head-on collision in Howard County

2012-08-09 16:40:00

A head-on collision of two cars in western Howard County sent both drivers to Maryland Shock Trauma Center Thursday afternoon, according to Howard County fire and rescue services. About 3 p.m., a 2011 Chevrolet Aveo was being driven east on Route 108...

Demolishing blight can lead to neighborhood renaissance

2012-01-06 09:00:00

I take exception to those who feel demolishing blight won't create new and better housing opportunities ("Market forces alone can't produce more affordable housing in Baltimore," Dec. 30). In 1980, the city demolished several acres of land in Upper Fells...

At 78, Joan Rivers connects with a new generation of fans

2012-03-16 12:43:00

Joan Rivers is having a manicure and a pedicure in her hotel room while juggling a phone. "I'm in Indianapolis," she says. "I just learned how to spell it, and now I'm leaving. What a waste." This week, between gigs in Florida and Ohio, she'll stop by...

Brides-to-be waiting for inspiration to be unveiled at royal wedding

2011-02-16 16:33:00

Perched in the front row, Emily Ehehalt watched as flashes of ivory ruffles, creamy taffeta and eggshell lace swept by on a runway. The recently engaged Ehehalt was attending a local bridal fashion show looking for ideas for her January 2012 wedding. But...

Prince Edward to visit Baltimore. And don't ask about the wedding.

2011-06-21 03:05:00

Prince Edward -- 7th in line to the British throne, youngest child of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, 48-year-old kid brother to Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne -- comes to Baltimore Tuesday NOT to discuss his biggest claim to fame,...

The majesty of marriage

2011-04-29 00:00:00

By the time you read this, millions of Americans will have risen this morning at an hour best suited for dairy farming to watch wall-to-wall coverage of the televised wedding of Britain's Kate Middleton and Prince William. The TV networks are certainly...

Gordon Ramsay disses Prince Charles' food

2008-10-09 04:22:13

Chef Gordon Ramsay doesn't think Prince Charles' line of organic produce cuts the mustard. The Hell's Kitchen personality calls Prince Charles' Duchy Originals, which include crackers to meat, 'boring' and 'processed.' I guess Ramsay doesn't care whom...

My latest obsession

2009-05-13 04:22:13

Do you get obsessive about food-related things? I do. (See Brownberry Bread.) This usually happens when it becomes extremely difficult to track something down.My latest obsession is Murchie's tea, possibly because I'm having trouble finding the one I...

Papal speculation keeps oddsmakers busy

2005-04-17 00:00:00

CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy - A book of numbers at his side, a pendulum in his pocket and his wife upstairs plotting astrological charts, Fabrizio Shamir predicts that the next pope will come from South America. "I held the pendulum over a map for 30...

Pope's funeral set for Friday as thousands pay respects

2005-04-05 00:00:00

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II took a nearly last journey yesterday, carried solemnly from his papal home, across St. Peter's Square and into the ancient basilica where he preached, as more than 100,000 pilgrims looked on. They then waited in a line...

Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles attend Day 1 of Royal Ascot, wearing hats, of course.

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Britain's Prince Charles (R) and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, walk after attending a religious ceremony at the Nieuwe Kerk church in Amsterdam April 30, 2013.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Britain's Prince Charles (R) and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attend a religious ceremony at the Nieuwe Kerk church in Amsterdam April 30, 2013.

2013-04-30 00:00:00