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...Everyone has become a literary critic,” novelist and member of London??s literary intelligentsia Martin Amis proclaims in the foreword to The War Against Cliché, and not without a touch of bitterness. Accused by his father, the equally, if not more famous novelist Kingsley Amis, of a “terrible compulsive vividness in his style,” Amis the younger has never been one to pander to the masses. At his best, he is a witty purveyor of critical and cultural insight; at his worst, he is an arrogant misogynist. Like many...
...infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Although the Victorian era legend needs no real introduction, for those living in a cultural vacuum, the story is as follows: From Aug. 7 to Nov. 10, 1888, at least seven prostitutes were methodically murdered and mutilated in the Whitechapel district of London??s East End. It was the first instance of a serial killer in the modern Western world, and absolutely unique because of the case’s circumstances. Each woman was “done” in the same manner (slit across the throat) and each was mutilated...
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Roy J. Glauber planned to fly from Dusseldorf, Germany to Boston Tuesday in time to interview for Freshman Seminar 30, “Science and Technology,” on Wednesday, but has been trapped at London??s Heathrow Airport instead...
This summer, I experienced that moment many times, taking in shows ranging from Shakespeare to farce, in places as varied as an outdoor amphitheater in the D.C. area and a cavernous theater on London??s West End. What follows is a catalogue of those theatergoing experiences, a sort of journal, compiled in chronological order for your reading pleasure (not to mention my writing convenience...
...LONDON??Two Saturdays ago, I crossed Abbey Road. The camera caught me mid-stride, as it did the Fab Four more than 30 years ago in the famous photograph that would grace the cover of the last album the Beatles ever recorded...