Jul 29 Watch 7:54 London skyline rising but the history below ground is far more fascinating By PBS News Hour Where once stood a 16th Century theater that first staged Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a new London complex, including a 37-story residential tower, is rising. As the skyline changes at a head-spinning clip, archaeologists, by law, are digging down, uncovering… Continue watching
Jul 17 Photos: Black Lives Matter movement takes hold in London, where police shootings are rare By Corinne Segal Recent police killings in the U.S. have inspired protests throughout the country and around the world. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 5:47 J.K. Rowling brings magic to the theater with a new Harry Potter play By PBS News Hour At London’s Palace Theater, fans of J.K. Rowling can leap back into her now-familiar magical world of a certain boy wizard. In “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a new stage play told in two parts, Harry is back, but… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch 4:29 Foreign-born workers in the UK share their fears for the future By Mori Rothman, Melanie Saltzman, Saskia de Melker Uncertainty prevails in Britain after Brexit has left immigrants feeling vulnerable. The service sector, a large part of the British economy, is also a big employer of foreigners, which means these workers may be hit hard. Hari Sreenivasan reports from… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 6:04 A new wing at Tate Modern, more space for underrepresented artists By PBS News Hour London’s Tate Modern has become the most visited modern art museum in the world since its grand opening in 2000, drawing 5 million visitors a year. Renowned for its innovative architecture and use of interior spaces, Tate Modern is putting… Continue watching
May 10 London’s new mayor: ‘Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both our countries less safe’ By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Asked how his proposed policy to ban Muslims form entering the U.S. would affect London's first Muslim mayor, Trump told The New York Times that "there will always be exceptions."… Continue reading
May 06 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: U.S. job growth lower than expected By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the latest numbers from the Department of Labor show that the U.S. economy added 160,000 jobs in April, short of the 215,000 many economists predicted, while unemployment remained flat at five percent. Also, early reports… Continue watching
Apr 23 Celebrations across the globe honor Shakespeare 400 years after his death By Kamala Kelkar Four hundred years after his death, which occurred on this day in 1616, fans of William Shakespeare are finding myriad ways to be or not to be celebrating his life. Continue reading
Mar 17 Photographer enters hidden world of East London skate culture By Corinne Segal The Stratford Centre, a 24-hour shopping center in East London, might not be the first place you look for an example of the city's skate culture. Continue reading
Mar 04 Who is Banksy? New mathematical analysis claims to know By Corinne Segal Banksy, the elusive artist behind million-dollar works of graffiti, may have been tagged: a new mathematical analysis claims to have identified the artist as Robin Gunningham. Continue reading