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...sensitive aristocrat who pursues beauty in a world he knows more readily offers sadness. With the news from Europe full of Nazi advances, Keene writes, "I turned to it as a refuge from all I hated in the world around me." The translation was by Arthur Waley, a British polyglot who was also a famed translator of classical Chinese literature. Keene eventually befriended him, and years later traveled from Japan to comfort Waley in London after learning that Waley's longtime partner, the dancer Beryl de Zoete, was dying. The description of that sad meeting...
...KNOW YOU'VE portrayed a villain well if the public hates you for your work. Barry Morse, a critically acclaimed British actor with 3,000 TV, film and stage roles to his credit, suffered everything from heckling to pocketbook beatings for his most famous role, Lieutenant Philip Gerard in TV's '60s hit series The Fugitive. As the heartless detective who doggedly hunts Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of killing his wife, Morse said, "I was the most hated man in America, and I loved...
...WERE ON OUR WAY, we hoped, to freedom," said British pilot Bertram (Jimmy) James of his exploits as a prisoner of war and a perennially frustrated escape artist. "That wasn't quite the case." After taking part in the most famous attempt of World War II--the mass exit from Poland's Stalag Luft III, depicted in the 1963 film The Great Escape-- James survived a labor camp and went on to work in Britain's diplomatic service. James...
...James II, Parliament passed the Act of Settlement in 1701 to avoid further future political crises. Of the act’s eight major provisions, two are still significant today: one that explicitly forbids Catholics from ascending to the throne and another that has been interpreted by some British legal scholars as forbidding Catholics from the Prime Ministership. Had Blair converted while in office, he may have set off an unnecessary legal and constitutional firestorm...
This is the massive global political domino effect that could result from the simple modification of the Act of Settlement. It is despicable and archaic that such anachronistic bigotry is present in the British legal code; however, it is understandable that so many politicians and leaders have avoided the issue and its associated can of worms all together. Nevertheless, it is time that British politicians find a solution to end this bigotry while being mindful of the practical political implications...