360 Staff Pick: Speech Therapy
In our contest-obsessed culture, it’s easy to tune out awards hoopla. But England’s Mercury Prize has done what a meaningful award should do: shine a light on an artist who deserves it. Twenty-six...
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[Unedited] Ed Husain with Krista Tippett
British activist Ed Husain was seduced, at the age of 16, by revolutionary Islamist ideals that flourished at the heart of educated British culture. Yet he later shrank back from radicalism after...
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Ed Husain — Reflections of a Former Islamist Extremist
British activist Ed Husain was seduced, at the age of 16, by revolutionary Islamist ideals that flourished at the heart of educated British culture. Yet he later shrank back from radicalism after...
View ArticleUK Elections
London Bureau chief for the New York TimesJohn Burns reviews the UK elections and its implications for Europe and the US.
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Experimenting with Laughing Gas
The writer Richard Holmes has a gift for spinning stories. The Age of Wonder is a cinematic romp through late 18th and early 19th century Britain and the amazing scientific breakthroughs of that era....
View ArticleCameron Apologizes for 'Bloody Sunday'
British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized, on behalf of his country and its government, for 'Bloody Sunday."A commission investigating the incident, where thirteen Irish demonstrators killed,...
View ArticleNorway Arrests 3 Men on Terrorism Charges
Norwegian police have arrested three men on suspicions they were plotting terrorist attacks.Officials say they believe the men have ties to al-Qaeda and a terrorism network that may be responsible for...
View ArticlePresident Obama Confirms Packages Found Overseas Had Explosives, Sweeps in...
In a speech from the White House Briefing Room on Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama confirmed that suspicious packages found overseas did contain explosive material.The president said he was...
View ArticleMark Logue on The King's Speech
Mark Logue, grandson of speech therapist Lionel Logue, talks about Lionel’s friendship with George VI. His book The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy, written with Peter Conradi,...
View ArticleRoyally Wed
Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, talks to listeners who got up early to watch Prince William marry Kate Middleton.
View ArticleDaily Mail Misreports Amanda Knox Verdict
In England, The Daily Mail misreported the Amanda Knox verdict, stating that her appeal had been denied and she would remain in jail. The article was complete with quotes from prosecutors and a...
View ArticleSlow Club
Slow Club is a band that takes its listeners from quiet intimacy to boisterous fun. Using the medium of pop songs, they surprise and delight with toe-tapping tunes and insightful lyrics about love,...
View ArticleThe Wedding Present: In Studio
In 1985, songwriter David Gedge founded The Wedding Present in Leeds, England. Since then, the pop group has scored Top 40 hits in the UK and established a place in the American indie-rock canon. The...
View ArticleSinging the Titanic Blues
100 years ago today, the Titanic was in the midst of its ill-fated voyage across the Atlantic. As the centennial of the ship sinking disaster approaches, we listen back to songs inspired by the event -...
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Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant: Water Music for a Queen
England became a dominant power at sea during the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, so it is fitting that one of the many celebrations honoring the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II...
View ArticleThe "Overpoweringly Witty" Fiction of Noël Coward
Celebrating the appearance of his first published novel, Pomp and Circumstance (1961), Noël Coward coolly rebuts those critics calling him "antiquated, snobbish, and belonging to an earlier, more...
View ArticleMargaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, Dead at 87
Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. She was 87.Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as "the Iron Lady" passed away Monday...
View ArticleThatcher Today
Former British PM Margaret Thatcher died this morning. British journalist Alan Cowell of The New York Times, currently reporting from Paris, discusses how Thatcher is viewed in the UK today. Plus: your...
View ArticleDanny Boyle On Picking Music for 'Trance,' 'Trainspotting' And More
In the films of English director Danny Boyle, music frequently emerges as an important (if unseen) character. The drug-addict drama Trainspotting was fueled by a jam-packed, manic soundtrack of songs...
View ArticleRoyal Baby Media Frenzy
During the past couple months, the media have been scrambling to cover all angles of the impending birth of Kate Middleton's "royal baby." Included in those angles: What clothes the pregnant Duchess...
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