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For a country that practically invented the night on the town, Britain has long been a difficult place to find a late-night tipple. Drinking hours in England and Wales are a source of much grumbling for locals and confusion for visitors. While bars in major cities like Madrid and...
Chauvinistic English critics are calling Thomas Ades, 28, the hottest composer since Benjamin Britten. Don't believe the hype. Ades' first opera, just released on CD, is a thoroughly nasty piece of goods. Philip Hensher's sneering libretto tells the scabrous story of the decline and fall of Margaret, Duchess...
On the mainland, Yamashita's bicycle-riding invaders needed only 70 days to pedal and hack their way 600 miles down the Malayan peninsula. All through the night of Jan. 31, British troops marched out of Malaya and across the 1,100- ft.-long causeway to the island fortress of...
The full details of the Guinness scandal have not been revealed, but the investigation centers on the company's battle with Argyll Group, a Scottish supermarket chain, for control of Distillers. Both rivals had offered Distillers' shareholders a mix of stock and cash. During the contest, however, an unexplained flurry...
The London stock market is starting to look a lot like Wall Street. Suddenly large takeovers are in flower. In New York it might seem almost child's play, but in Britain a billion-dollar merger or acquisition remains a remarkable event. Last week several behemoth-size deals were in...