Britain

Dancing with the New Tsars Dancing with the New Tsars

With their tricked-out yachts, trained servants and diamond-frosted toys, newly rich Russians have invaded London -- and thrown Britain's elite into a royal tizzy.
By Clare Foges Jun 12, 2008

  • Britain's first female poet laureate

    Once called a "poetess" by her male colleagues, Carol Ann Duffy becomes the first woman to hold the prestigious post.
    By Abigail Kramer May 1, 2009

  • Obama's G-20 confession: "I take responsibility"

    World leaders may have struggled to reach consensus, but they did break new ground: Barack Obama admitted his country was responsible for the current crisis.
    By Marc Hujer, Wolfgang Reuter and Christoph Schwennicke April 7, 2009

  • Organic farmers feel the pain

    When the going gets tough, the tough... stop buying organic food
    By Andrew Leonard September 4, 2008

  • How Bush is trying to save face in Iraq

    The president is now taking credit for turning Sunni tribes against al-Qaida in Iraq. But two years ago he rejected a Sunni offer to negotiate an end to the violence.
    By Sidney Blumenthal September 13, 2007

  • Is it "irresponsible" to have more than two children?

    Yes, says an advisor to the British government on environmental policy.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 3, 2009

  • And the sluttiest Western nation is ...

    Yeah, of course we're going to make you click.
    By Amy Benfer December 5, 2008

  • "Honeypots" need not apply

    British spy agency is on the hunt for female, minority applicants.
    By Lynn Harris July 23, 2008

  • The sad case of the wiggly chapati

    Will a change in U.K. immigration laws doom the most savory relic of the British Empire?
    By Andrew Leonard March 20, 2008

  • Time off to care for kids? Hope you don't need your pension

    The British government reneged on an amendment that would have allowed mothers to make up for pension contributions they missed while caring for their children.
    By Catherine Price December 20, 2007

  • Where the girls aren't

    One man's quest to woo women back to rural British villages.
    By Catherine Price October 2, 2007

  • Female genital mutilation a growing problem in Britain

    London police launch campaign to stamp it out.
    By Lynn Harris July 11, 2007

  • Summer reading, summer eating

    Elizabeth David's classic "Summer Cooking" is as fresh and enchanting today as it was 50 years ago, when seasonal food was still a subversive idea.
    By Sarah Karnasiewicz July 10, 2007

  • Inside the minds of killer doctors

    Some of the accused behind the recent terror plots in Britain were professional healers. What on earth prompts someone to snap from caregiver to killer?
    By Juan Cole July 9, 2007

  • Bomb plot tests British again

    New Prime Minister Gordon Brown edges away from Tony Blair and the Iraq war as the U.K. braces against the rising terror threat.
    By James Geary July 2, 2007

  • Tony Blair's toodle-oo

    If the British people really do want less spin and more substance from their prime minister, then Gordon Brown could be the man to deliver it.
    By James Geary June 29, 2007

  • Tony Blair becomes Margaret Thatcher

    Thanks to George W. Bush, the man who was supposed to reinvent the Labor Party leaves office with more friends in America than in the U.K.
    By Andrew Brown May 10, 2007

  • The impertinent prince

    Bush plays naughty boy to the queen at his not-so-royal state dinner. But all those white ties couldn't hide his low poll numbers.
    By Sidney Blumenthal May 10, 2007

  • Attack of the female millionaires

    New research shows that inheritance, divorce and entrepreneurship are catapulting more British women into the seven figures.
    By Carol Lloyd April 26, 2007

  • A neocon primer: Regime change in 18th-century India

    Does this sound familiar? A Western-hatched plot to oust a Muslim dictator on bogus charges...
    By Andrew Leonard April 13, 2007

  • How Iran played the hostage "crisis"

    The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street.
    By Hooman Majd April 5, 2007

  • Iran's new hostage crisis

    By seizing 15 British sailors, the embattled Iranians aim to rally anti-Western sentiment and force the Brits from Iraq.
    By Juan Cole April 3, 2007

  • Friendly fire incident

    Footage from a mistaken U.S. attack on British convoy
    By David Puner February 6, 2007

  • Panic rooms

    The British government puts up funds for domestic-violence victims to build safe rooms in their homes.
    By Catherine Price December 20, 2006

  • Bloody good food

    Nigel Slater, England's favorite food writer, chats about his new cookbook, British food's bum rap, and the future of fish and chips.
    By Adam Roberts October 31, 2006
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