Mar 17th, 2010 · Sebastian Faulks' satirical novel is a weeklong tour of modern London, woven together in Dickensian style. Dickens' 19th century characters dealt with class conflict, wealth, poverty and true love. Faulks' contemporary characters deal with terrorism, greed, the Internet and — because some things never change — true love.
Mar 16th, 2010 · by Will Butler Picture yourself in a record label's London office. You've brought in your newest album—which you've been laboring over for years—to be vetted by a hard-nosed, no nonsense set of judges whose only job is to give an honest critique o...
Mar 16th, 2010 · Linda Wertheimer hails a Dickensian novel of London in the boom days of 2007, before the banking bust. An encore by child detective Flavia de Luce (Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie) is both creepy and laugh-out-loud funny. And So Much for That finds the hilarity in a relentless tale of runaway health care costs.
Mar 12th, 2010 · The Canadian singer grew up watching old movies and musicals in London, Ontario. She took those influences and turned them into an album that sounds both old-fashioned and timeless. Its title is The Cricket's Orchestra.
Mar 12th, 2010 · The world premiere of Anna Nicole will be presented by London's Royal Opera next February. It will star Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the late model and Playboy playmate. Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007. She was 39.
Mar 11th, 2010 · Alberta Cross makes driving, Americana-tinged blues-rock that belies its members' London roots. In this World Cafe session for WXPN, they play songs from their latest album, The Broken Side of Time.
Mar 9th, 2010 · The new musical Love Never Dies revisits the tragic love triangle of The Phantom of the Opera — 10 years later, in turn-of-the-century Coney Island. The show opens March 9 in London's West End.
Feb 18th, 2010 · The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake, debuts on the list this week. Set in London in the fall of 1940, the novel tells the story of Frankie Bard, a young protege of Edward R. Murrow, broadcasting the war from Europe. Murrow instructs her on how to relate the devastation on the streets to her listeners.