http://dir.salon.com/topics/london/?source=rss&aim=london en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Garrison Keillor Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/20/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/05/20/london/index.html?source=rss The theater is great, but it can't compare to the Daily Telegraph's dogged campaign to expose the corruption in Gordon Brown's government. 2,200 pounds for moat cleaning, anyone? By Garrison Keillor Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/19/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/19/london/index.html?source=rss Like many an English major, I go to the motherland for the language. I am never disappointed By Clare Foges Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/12/new_tsars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/12/new_tsars/index.html?source=rss 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 Ulrike Knöfel, Frank Hornig and Bernhard Zand Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/skyscraper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/09/skyscraper/index.html?source=rss A building frenzy is raging in Asia, Russia and the Persian Gulf. And cities like New York don't have the money to compete. Will the West soon look outdated? By Thomas Hüetlin Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/18/johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/18/johnson/index.html?source=rss Two eccentrics are competing for the London mayor's office. But does either man really want the job? By James Hannaham Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/12/14/winehouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/12/14/winehouse/index.html?source=rss Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her? By Juan Cole Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/09/uk_terrorists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/09/uk_terrorists/index.html?source=rss 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 James Geary Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/02/uk_terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/02/uk_terror/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew Leonard Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/13/great_smog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/13/great_smog/index.html?source=rss London's pea soup fog used to be a deadly killer, until the government cleaned it up. Can China, and the world, learn from example? By Cary Tennis Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/29/russian_husband/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/29/russian_husband/index.html?source=rss I am a New Yorker living like a prisoner in London. By David Puner Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/elsewhere/2006/12/22/santa_claus_race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/elsewhere/2006/12/22/santa_claus_race/index.html?source=rss You've seen one, you've seen them all. By Page Rockwell Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/13/hpv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/13/hpv/index.html?source=rss Will poor women worldwide have access to the new HPV vaccine? Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/11/29/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/11/29/wednesday/index.html?source=rss Huge London Olympics cost overruns are right on schedule. Plus: Coach K "lifts" a chin. By Scott Rosenberg Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/30/johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/30/johnson/index.html?source=rss Gifted amateurs defeated London's cholera epidemic in the 1850s, says culture/tech visionary Steven Johnson, and today a similar bottom-up approach to knowledge can improve neighborhoods, reform cities, even thwart terror. By Mark Benjamin Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/11/british_terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/11/british_terror/index.html?source=rss Americans bust the hapless Seas of David gang. The British round up real terrorist rings. But experts say the U.K. arrests more extremists because more of them live on British soil. By Alex Koppelman Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/11/suskind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/11/suskind/index.html?source=rss Former Bush insider Ron Suskind discusses the London bomb plot, and says the president shouldn't claim we're safer than we were before 9/11. By Yassin Musharbash Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/10/london_plot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/10/london_plot/index.html?source=rss European security experts suggest local amateurs are behind the London plot -- affirming that "al-Qaida" has become a many-headed, global threat. By Sean Kenny Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/07/london_anniv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/07/london_anniv/index.html?source=rss While it's business as usual in the tube, many Brits fear their liberties are under siege, and relations with Muslims are more strained than ever. By James Hynes Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/06/15/whitechapel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/06/15/whitechapel/index.html?source=rss Discover these working-class London neighborhoods in novels and histories of their most famous residents: The architect Nicholas Hawksmoor and the infamous Jack the Ripper. By Tim Grieve Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/21/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/21/london/index.html?source=rss "Incidents" close four subway lines and force the evacuation of three stations. Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/15/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/15/post/index.html?source=rss What's a hero? A patriot? TTers weigh in this week. Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/08/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/08/post/index.html?source=rss TTers from London and around the world weigh in with their reactions to the terrorist attack. By Tim Grieve Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/fbi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/fbi/index.html?source=rss According to Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, FBI agents in London began avoiding the subways months ago. By Tim Grieve Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/bush/index.html?source=rss The attacks in London are a human tragedy, but it's hard not to think that there's a sense of relief at the White House. By Tim Grieve Wed, 20 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/london/index.html?source=rss Tony Blair says it's "reasonably clear" that terrorists are behind this morning's explosions in London.