England

The London bureau: A queen and a correspondent

2012-05-10 07:34:00

It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent. Before she turned up, my newspaper career had consisted of listening to Baltimore policemen reminisce about great hangings and covering bush-league statesmen deploring the state of the world. I...

'Going to St. Ives' at Colonial Players has many layers

2012-05-14 07:18:00

In "Going to St. Ives," Colonial Players offers a powerful story about two women becoming acquainted over tea — a discussion that touches on dictatorships in post-colonial Africa while offering insights into the plight of two grieving mothers...

The mistake of taking the hard line

2012-05-03 08:52:00

Commenting from Albion, the estimable Picky recently wrote: "As I look back on a very privileged life I note that although the language I spoke mostly as a child was that of the London streets, my parents (typically of the upper working class in those...

Former Islamic jihadist teaches Middle Eastern politics at Washington College

2012-04-14 13:11:00

Shiraz Maher went to the mosque in search of answers. Why, he wanted to know, had 15 young men from Saudi Arabia, the country where he spent most of his childhood, just crashed jetliners into prominent U.S. buildings? The men who gave him clarity wore...

MICROS Systems reports profit, acquisition

2012-04-26 15:41:00

Columbia-based MICROS Systems Inc., a provider of technology solutions for the hospitality industry, announced on Thursday that it had a $43.2 million profit in the third quarter and planned to buy a company in England. MICROS' net income rose $4.7...

At Laurel Mill Playhouse, 'Brides' wedded to comedy

2012-04-18 07:47:00

"Brides of March," which opened at Laurel Mill Playhouse last weekend, has nothing to do with the free spirits who began parading the streets of San Francisco wearing variations of the traditional Western white wedding dress some 13 years ago — an...

Transfixed by the Titanic

2012-04-07 14:03:00

There is nothing more evocative than looking at or touching an object from, or meeting someone associated with, a dramatic historical event. Simply said, it puts you there. And that has been my good fortune throughout my life when it came to people and...

In a word: subvention

2012-04-16 05:47:00

Each week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar — another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: SUBVENTION When more than 350 editors...

Tottenham's trip to Baltimore will be homecoming of sorts

2012-04-23 15:42:00

As an 18-year old coming to the United States from England to play college soccer, Darren Eales figured the competition was not going to be as stiff as what he had faced in the motherland. "It's fair to say that when I played 20 years ago, there was a...

Some captains show bravery, others cowardice in face of maritime disasters

2012-02-26 00:00:00

The Italian liner Costa Concordia, with 4,200 passengers aboard, piled up in January on the rocky shoreline of Tuscany, tearing out its bottom and capsizing. The death toll has risen to 25, with the recovery of eight more bodies last week. Seven people...

Heirloom champion boxing belt stolen in Anne Arundel burglary

2012-03-10 15:19:16

The McAteer children grew up seeing a reminder of their father's British boxing championship on the mantel, the prized Lonsdale Belt — made of gold adorned with porcelain medallions. The late Pat McAteer won the belt and defended it twice, making...

M&T Bank Stadium to host Liverpool-Tottenham exhibition in July

2012-03-30 11:40:00

A soccer rivalry that has endured for decades in England will hit Baltimore this summer. Liverpool F.C. and the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, two of Europe’s most storied soccer teams and long-time foes in the English Premier League, will play...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip wave as they cruise on a converted amphibious landing craft now used for sightseeing tours at the Albert Dock in Liverpool, northern England. The couple are on a two-day visit through northwest England.

2012-05-17 00:00:00

"Not chasing them! Adoring them from a distance." How ska and reggae came to a white, soccer-loving U.K. teenager involves a history lesson, which the loquacious Wakeling cheerfully provides in a 40-minute interview by phone from a Nashville, Tenn. tour stop.

2012-04-05 09:06:00

An English language scholar poses with the "Cambridge Encylopedia of the The English Language" at a central London bookshop in this Nov. 1, 1999 file photo.

2012-04-03 15:30:37