Jill Lawless

Brexit explained: what’s next on the UK’s road out of the EU

LONDON: The British government announced on Monday that it will formally begin its exit from the European Union on... Published 21 Mar, 2017 06:29am

Love tears Helen McCrory apart in The Deep Blue Sea

LONDON: You might not think there’s much overlap between Amy Winehouse and the work of playwright Terence ... Published 20 Aug, 2016 06:56am

Death-penalty drama Hangmen blends humour and menace

LONDON: London’s new stage hit, Hangmen, is a work of gallows humour. Literally.Martin McDonagh’s ferocious... Published 10 Dec, 2015 06:40am

UK’s Labour seeks a chief to lead it out of the wilderness

LONDON: Weeks after an electoral trouncing, Britain’s opposition Labour Party is seeking a chief who can tell... Published 19 Jun, 2015 07:18am

Secrets of Scotland Yard’s crime museum to go on display

For more than a century, the museum inside London police headquarters has been open only to staff and invited guests. Published 05 Jun, 2015 06:49am

Social media a key battleground in Britain’s election

LONDON: Once, election campaigning meant knocking on doors, organising meetings and licking stamps. Now it also... Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:17am

Unease about immigration at core of UK election campaign

BOSTON is a typical English town — ancient church, traditional shops, Polish supermarkets, Baltic bakeries. Amid... Published 01 Apr, 2015 06:34am

List names Gladstone, Orwell’s families: Database lets Britons uncover slave-owning ancestors

LONDON: A database launched on Wednesday lets Britons curious about their family history uncover some potentially uncomfortable information — whether their ancestors owned slaves. Published 28 Feb, 2013 03:34am

Eight-year-old painting prodigy is new art world star

HOLT (England) He`s Britain`s most talked-about young artist. His paintings fetch hefty sums and there`s a long... Published 15 Aug, 2010 12:00am

New playhouse planned at Shakespeare theatre site

LONDON In the middle of London, a plot of earth is dug across with trenches and studded with old bricks. If the ... Published 18 Jul, 2010 12:00am

MI5 thinks Muslim extremism has been contained

LONDON Britain`s domestic spy service thinks the threat from Muslim extremism has stopped growing but remains ... Published 06 Oct, 2009 12:00am

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REYKJAVIK (Iceland): For centuries, Icelanders earned a living from the sea, setting out in small boats to haul cod,... Published 18 Dec, 2008 12:00am

Iceland sees its future in fish

REYKJAVIK (Iceland) For centuries, Icelanders earned a living from the sea, setting out in small boats to haul cod,... Published 18 Dec, 2008 12:00am

Iceland sees its future in fish

REYKJAVIK (Iceland): For centuries, Icelanders earned a living from the sea, setting out in small boats to haul cod,... Published 18 Dec, 2008 12:00am

UK authorities told to drop buzzwords

LONDON: British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustainable communities. The body... Published 22 Jun, 2008 12:00am

McCartney-Mills divorce settled

LONDON: Heather Mills was a less than candid court witness whose $250 million divorce claim was exorbitant, a judge... Published 19 Mar, 2008 12:00am

Cartoonists’ visions of Bush revealed

LONDON: Pictures in a new exhibition depict US President George W. Bush as a crocodile, a spider and a dimwitted... Published 28 Jan, 2006 12:00am