As a practicing Anglophile, heavy TV news consumer, and borderline insomniac, there was no chance that I would miss the…
Three months ago, colorful crowds caroused in the streets of London as the queen stepped onto the Buckingham Palace balcony…
As the dust settles after a week of speculation as to who will succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister, the…
Ever since U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation on July 7 amid waves of scandals and resignations, the…
After the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland reacted with delight and even shock to the…
This week I’ve been with Joel — my flamboyant translator — drinking in Madrid night after night, committing misdemeanors while…
For the second weekend in a row, I observed a phenomenon that signaled a major rightward shift in the political-cultural…
While the Oscars, Emmys, and other American award shows are fading into irrelevance, Europe’s big splashy annual entertainment competition, Eurovision,…
A few days before the first round of the French presidential election, which in effect serves as a primary inasmuch…
