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...Sanghera's story took a detour. She ran away from home, married someone of her choosing, raised three children, earned a university degree and braved death threats to launch an organization that helps women in Britain's South Asian community escape forced marriages. That's a success story to inspire anyone. But, as Sanghera writes in Shame, her affecting new memoir, she has never quite escaped the penumbra of her family. She has never fully recovered from their response when, shortly after running away, she phoned home offering to return. "Don't bother," her mother said. "In our eyes...
James Bond has saved the day again. But this time he needed help from a boy wizard - and the tax code. After a slump that had the muggles using words like crisis and disaster, Britain's film industry is back and (almost) better than ever. Films like Casino Royale and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have made 2006 the second-best year on record for the industry. According to figures released Jan. 15 by the UK Film Council, $1.65 billion was spent on making 134 films wholly or partly in Britain last year - 48% more than...
...that, going forward, things are going to be stable, you're in a good position." Hollywood already adores Brits: Helen Mirren and Sacha Baron Cohen picked up top awards at Monday's Golden Globes, while a bunch of their compatriots are tipped for Oscar nominations on Jan. 23. Now Britain's film industry is a main attraction again...
...cannot; the U.S. could do so, but will not, given the debilitating unfinished business in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet even if a catastrophic war is unlikely, the world remains a dangerous place - made more dangerous by the condition of its prime power. The U.S. is today what Britain was during the first globalization: the anchor of the liberal world order. Those who rightly railed against the U.S. when it threw its weight around and treated its partners with contempt should now mull the question: Who is going to take care of the world's political business? China, Russia...
...jancisrobinson.com Britain's Jancis Robinson has been called the Julia Child of wine. An internationally renowned wine writer and TV-show host, she is also a member of the Royal Household Wine Committee, which chooses the wines that the Queen serves her guests. Robinson's advice is impeccable, her wit dry and her take on wine refreshingly non-American. Recommending the Montes Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Casablanca Valley from Chile, she describes it as "quintessentially an aperitif, but if you were to drink it with a well-dressed salad, it would not rise up and bite...