Great Britain

June 22, 2024

Royal Ascot Was Awash in Extravagant Hats

Piles of books, an entire topiary, a block of Stilton cheese, a pink flamingo — all these and more have appeared on the heads of attendees […]
June 15, 2024

Catherine Reappears, in White

The Princess of Wales made her first public appearance since coming forward with her cancer diagnosis. On Saturday morning Catherine, Princess of Wales, tiptoed back onto […]
May 29, 2024

The Ancient Art of Calligraphy Is Having a Revival

For the first time in many years, a teacher was correcting my handwriting. “Go more slowly,” Laura Edralin, a calligraphy teacher in London, told me, as […]
March 25, 2024

What ‘KateGate’ Says About Royalty, Celebrity and Internet Culture

Many Americans used to view the Windsors with excitement, even admiration, beyond that shown to other public figures. Are they basically Kardashians now? Once upon a […]
March 25, 2024

What ‘KateGate’ Says About Royalty, Celebrity and Internet Culture

Many Americans used to view the Windsors with excitement, even admiration, beyond that shown to other public figures. Are they basically Kardashians now? Once upon a […]
January 18, 2024

The TikTok ‘Tunnel Girl’ Is Not Alone

Hobby tunneling is a rare, but not unheard-of, pastime that has produced frustrated neighbors, media frenzies and at least one state landmark. A Virginia woman who […]
January 13, 2024

FKA Twigs Denounces ‘Double Standards’ After Calvin Klein Ad Is Banned

A British advertising watchdog agency said it was reviewing complaints about a new, similarly steamy Calvin Klein campaign featuring the actor Jeremy Allen White. Shortly after […]
May 7, 2023

Quiz: Kentucky Derby Hat Coronation Hat?

Can you tell where each of these hats appeared? Take our quiz. Thousands of guests converged for the coronation of King Charles III in London today, […]
May 2, 2023

The Coronation of King Charles III and the Food That Comes With It

British supermarkets are brimming with packages of coronation cupcakes, hoppy coronation ale and coronation crisps seasoned to taste like king prawn cocktail. There are even Jack […]
April 29, 2023

London’s Coronation Countdown: Travelers Arrive, Others Flee

While hundreds of thousands are expected to arrive in London ahead of the crowning of King Charles III, others are making plans to get out of […]