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    Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. PASSINGS: Bruce Reynolds

    Bruce Reynolds, 81, mastermind of the "Great Train Robbery" in Britain that brought its perpetrators cash, incarceration and pop-culture fame, died Thursday after a brief illness, said his son, Nick.
    Bruce Reynolds, 81, mastermind of the "Great Train Robbery" in Britain that brought its perpetrators cash, incarceration and pop-culture fame, died Thursday after a brief illness, said his son, Nick. In August 1963, Reynolds was part of a gang that...

    Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Theft

    2. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Letters: Drop the apostrophe?

    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-britain-apostrophe-20130328%2C0%2C7525227.story">Re "Squiggle sparks a squabble," March 28</a>
    Re "Squiggle sparks a squabble," March 28 Although "squiggle" is not a term I would have used, as I have more than a proprietary interest in the subject, the improper use of the apostrophe is a continuing personal irritant. And as a regular victim of...

    Tags: Michelle Rhee, England, BBC, Central Intelligence Agency, George Bernard Shaw

    3. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. TV review: Something for everyone in Piven's 'Mr. Selfridge'

    From the nation that brought you "Are You Being Served?" comes "Mr. Selfridge," a loose dramatization of the founding of a British retail institution, the Selfridge &amp; Co. department store, familiarly called Selfridges. Its eight-part run begins Sunday, under the colors of PBS' "Masterpiece."
    From the nation that brought you "Are You Being Served?" comes "Mr. Selfridge," a loose dramatization of the founding of a British retail institution, the Selfridge & Co. department store, familiarly called Selfridges. Its eight-part run begins Sunday,...

    Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Ron Cook, Are You Being Served? (tv program), Jeremy Piven, Frances O'Connor

    4. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. London opera companies' 'crisis' is others' envy

    LONDON &mdash; The editor of Opera is worried.
    LONDON — The editor of Opera is worried. The March editorial of Britain's leading opera monthly describes this city's opera scene as being in crisis. The city's major companies — Royal Opera and English National Opera — are in a...

    Tags: Entertainment, Arts, Culture, Concerts, Music Industry

    5. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Call the Midwife's' Pam Ferris talks birthing positions, fake babies

    <a href="74933667">Pam Ferris</a>, who plays the cantankerous nun Sister Evangelina on <a href="74933667">PBS</a>&rsquo; &ldquo;Call the Midwife,&rdquo; is deep in conversation about her admiration for Anglican sisters (portrayed on the series) during a recent trip to Los Angeles &mdash; &ldquo;they&rsquo;re not judgmental&rdquo; and &ldquo;there's no condemnation" and "when they sing together it's so uplifting."
    Pam Ferris, who plays the cantankerous nun Sister Evangelina on PBS’ “Call the Midwife,” is deep in conversation about her admiration for Anglican sisters (portrayed on the series) during a recent trip to Los Angeles — “they&...

    Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Medical Specialization, Nursing, Alzheimer's Disease, Pam Ferris

    6. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Tracie Bennett becomes Judy Garland as a dynamo at rainbow's end

    For movie musical lovers in general and gay men of a certain age in particular, Judy Garland represents the alpha and omega of stardom. So it was with some trepidation that I knocked on the apartment door of Tracie Bennett, the English actress who has been uncannily transforming herself into Garland in "End of the Rainbow," Peter Quilter's musical drama about the final chapter of Garland's life.
    For movie musical lovers in general and gay men of a certain age in particular, Judy Garland represents the alpha and omega of stardom. So it was with some trepidation that I knocked on the apartment door of Tracie Bennett, the English actress who has...

    Tags: Entertainment, Judy Davis, Entertainment Events, Judy Garland, Dance

    7. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Kerry, on inaugural trip as chief diplomat, urges Syria solution

    LONDON -- John Kerry used the first stop on his first foreign tour as secretary of state to urge Syrian opposition parties to join a proposed meeting this week in Rome that will seek solutions to that country's protracted civil war.
    LONDON -- John Kerry used the first stop on his first foreign tour as secretary of state to urge Syrian opposition parties to join a proposed meeting this week in Rome that will seek solutions to that country's protracted civil war. Joined by his...

    Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Government, Barack Obama, Rome (Italy), Iran

    8. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Oddest book titles prize: Can 'How to Sharpen Pencils' win?

    Britain has more than its fair share of off-the-wall literary prizes. There's the much-feared <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/04/entertainment/la-et-jc-2012-bad-sex-in-fiction-award-nancy-huston-20121204">Bad Sex in Fiction Award</a> for the "most embarrassing passages of sexual description in a literary novel." This year marked the second annual <a href="http://www.hatchetjoboftheyear.com/">Hatchet Job of the Year Award</a> for the most cutting book review -- the winner got a year's supply of potted shrimp. And then there's the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of the year.
    Britain has more than its fair share of off-the-wall literary prizes. There's the much-feared Bad Sex in Fiction Award for the "most embarrassing passages of sexual description in a literary novel." This year marked the second annual Hatchet Job of the...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Book

    9. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Doctor Who,' 'Girls,' Lorne Michaels among Peabody Award winners

    "Doctor Who" is celebrating 50 years on the air this year, new episodes begin airing Saturday and to top it all off, the good Doctor has just received a Peabody Award for 50 years of "evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe."
    "Doctor Who" is celebrating 50 years on the air this year, new episodes begin airing Saturday and to top it all off, the good Doctor has just received a Peabody Award for 50 years of "evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known...

    Tags: Arts, 60 Minutes (tv program), Univision (tv network), Murder, Culture

    10. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Radical cleric in Britain wins another appeal to avoid extradition

    LONDON -- The British government Wednesday lost another bid to deport a radical Muslim preacher to face trial in Jordan when a court of appeals rejected a request to reconsider an earlier court decision.
    LONDON -- The British government Wednesday lost another bid to deport a radical Muslim preacher to face trial in Jordan when a court of appeals rejected a request to reconsider an earlier court decision. After more than a decade of judgments and appeals...

    Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, International Law, Justice and Rights, Extradition, Judges

    11. Mar 22, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. ‘Doctor Who’ clocks 50 fantastic years through space and time

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    PERSPECTIVE In the annals of space, time and television, there is nothing quite like “Doctor Who,” the British sci-fi series ......
    12. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Three Muslim extremists convicted of terrorist plot in Britain

    LONDON &ndash; Three men accused of plotting what would have been the biggest terrorist attack in Britain since the 2005 London transit bombings were found guilty on terrorism charges Thursday.
    LONDON – Three men accused of plotting what would have been the biggest terrorist attack in Britain since the 2005 London transit bombings were found guilty on terrorism charges Thursday. The trio, British Muslims from the central English city...

    Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Punishment, Explosions, Taliban, Religious Conflicts

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