England
Prime Minister Liz Truss Pivots From Queen’s Funeral to U.K.’s Crises
LONDON — The flowers have been cleared. Union Jacks no longer fly at half-staff. Ads have replaced Queen Elizabeth II’s image on bus shelters. A day after burying their revered monarch, Britons returned to normal life on Tuesday to confront a torrent of pressing problems they had set aside in 10 days of mourning. Hours […]
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England Routs Sweden to Seal Place in Euro 2022 Final
Instead, it waited for its opportunity, taking the lead through Beth Mead, the tournament’s leading scorer, a little after half an hour. That might, for a different team, have been the cue to sit back, to hunch its shoulders and grit its teeth. But that is not Wiegman’s way, and so it is not England’s, […]
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Black Portraits Get New Names, and a New Show
LONDON — In the early 20th century, Glyn Philpot was one of Britain’s most respected portrait painters. The artist was known for depicting high-society sitters in a style mimicking the old masters, so his works sat comfortably on the walls of his clients’ country homes alongside generations of their family members. “All the papers are […]
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Extreme Heat Puts Life on Hold in Britain, a Land Not Built for It
LONDON — Trains slowed to a crawl. Schools and doctors’ offices shut their doors. The British Museum closed its galleries. Buckingham Palace curtailed the changing of the guard. And the government urged people to work from home. Much of Britain took an involuntary siesta on Monday as merciless heat filtered north from a fire-ravaged European […]
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Kyrgios, Under a Hotter Spotlight, Stays Quiet and Wins Again
“Obviously seeing it — I’m only human,” he said. “Obviously I read about it and obviously everyone else was asking questions. It was hard. It was hard to kind of just focus on kind of the mission at hand.” During the past 10 days, Kyrgios had become a fan favorite at Wimbledon, mixing the best […]
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Nick Kyrgios, a Dream and a Nightmare for Wimbledon, Is Winning
WIMBLEDON, England — All white is the dress code at Wimbledon, the oldest and most traditional of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. So when Nick Kyrgios wears a black hat for his on-court interview, he is sending a message. And that’s what he did Saturday night on the No. 1 Court, after his emotional, […]
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Crop Circles Were Made by Supernatural Forces. Named Doug and Dave.
CONHOLT, England — Standing hip-high in a large wheat field in southern England, one can make out an odd series of depressions in the swaying green crop, where some of the wheat has been pushed down lower than the rest. It is only by looking at the field from high above that the real picture […]
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What’s Next for Boris Johnson After Narrowly Winning No-Confidence Vote
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to lift himself off the mat on Tuesday after a stinging rebuke by his Conservative Party. But with a fresh electoral challenge looming and Britain’s economy in a downward spiral, there are few easy ways for Mr. Johnson to reverse his fading fortunes. Mr. Johnson’s too-close-for-comfort victory in […]
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Jubilee Honors Queen Elizabeth, but Also Highlights Her Increasing Absences
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee has become a party without its guest of honor. Her absence is a metaphor for the twilight of Britain’s second Elizabethan Age, an awkward limbo in which the 96-year-old queen still reigns but has, in many ways, been replaced by her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles. After […]
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