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Ringo also has a house in Los Angeles, takes holidays in the tropics, and occasionally - and with evident reluctance - visits his spread in the Surrey countryside, south of London. He'll be there later this month. "I'm going to England for Christmas with the kids," he says. "It's damp and it's cold and it's dark. I love the sun and the warmth, and that's how I choose to spend my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringo's Rhythm Without Blues | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...school. We only had one shoe.") He hasn't been back to Merseyside since his stepdad's funeral 11 years ago. Ask Ringo if he's English and he answers, "No. I'm world." If there's a football match, he'll root for England or his real passion, Liverpool FC; otherwise, he says, "I feel more American sometimes than most Americans." His accent, unlike the man himself, still pays dues to his homeland, but also owes a few of its cadences to California. Yet Ringo sees himself as a typical Liverpudlian at least in one respect. "I bring humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringo's Rhythm Without Blues | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...past 10 years, electronic groups from France such as Daft Punk (whom Kanye West sampled on his recent hit Stronger) and Air have met with similar success. French rap is thriving too - in fact, the rap market in France is the second biggest after the U.S. Graham Clark, KEIGHLEY, ENGLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Artistes | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...history repeating itself. Obama is also a largely inexperienced but well-meaning candidate who promises change. His strategy might win one term in the White House, but with his stumbling over human rights and national security, will he be able to win again in 2012? Simon Hill, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Artistes | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...thought that education was extremely important no matter what direction you went with it.” In addition to being a scientist, MacMahon was also an accomplished classical pianist. According to his son, he almost forwent his career in medicine to study music. Born in England, MacMahon attended the University of Birmingham. He served for two years as a ship’s doctor in the Royal Navy before crossing the pond to study in Brooklyn. He finally settled at Harvard in 1958, when he assumed leadership of the department. MacMahon retired from academia in 1989, soon after...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Influential Harvard Epidemiologist Dies | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

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