Aperitifs and frescoes: in Venice honoring novelist Anthony Powell
By Giles Elgood VENICE (Reuters) – After the Clooney wedding and the film festival, Venice played host at the weekend to a gathering concerned more with literature than glitz: the annual conference of...
View ArticleTrip Tips: Reading between the lines in Venice
By Giles Elgood VENICE, Dec 5 (Reuters) – If you find the crowds that swirl around St Mark’s Square and the Rialto a little dismaying, why not take a look at Venice through the eyes of a different type...
View ArticleTrip Tips: 50 years on, quirky guide to London still shows the way
By Giles Elgood LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Arguably the best guide to London published this season was written nearly 50 years ago. “Nairn’s London” by Ian Nairn first appeared in 1966 and has been...
View Articlea tragedy tinged with farce
By Giles Elgood LONDON (Reuters) – In less than a week, the public face of FIFA has gone from something resembling an old-style Communist Party rally, with a defiant Sepp Blatter fronting ranks of...
View ArticleFIFA: a tragedy tinged with farce
By Giles Elgood LONDON (Reuters) – In less than a week, the public face of FIFA has gone from something resembling an old-style Communist Party rally, with a defiant Sepp Blatter fronting ranks of...
View ArticleBook Talk: Back to the future with 21st century soldiers of fortune
By Giles Elgood LONDON (Reuters) – It’s now clear, Sean McFate says in his new book, “The Modern Mercenary”, that when nation states spent nearly 400 years officially discouraging soldiers of fortune,...
View ArticleGermany says EU states must face pressure to take refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany on Tuesday urged the European Union to consider putting financial pressure on states that are reluctant to take in their share of asylum seekers, as the influx of refugees...
View ArticleGermany urges penalties for EU states rejecting refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany urged the European Union to consider imposing financial penalties on states that refuse to take in their share of asylum seekers, as the influx of refugees showed no sign of...
View ArticleMerkel calls for European unity, summit on refugee crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a special EU refugee summit, urging unity after an angry reaction to a suggestion by one of her ministers that states that did...
View ArticleLabour leader’s borough has wealth, poverty and a radical tradition
LONDON (Reuters) – Islington, the north London neighbourhood where Labour’s new hard-left leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has his powerbase is also home to the “champagne socialists” who flourished under the...
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