Multicultural Britain tells itself stories in order to live. One such story is that the island has always been a diverse, cosmopolitan place. On social media, graduate degree holders will eagerly tell you that Britain’s patron saint is Turkish, its alphabet Roman, its religion Middle Eastern, and its royal family German. A more sophisticated version […]

Like most fans of rock ‘n’ roll, I gravitate to works from the vicinity of Greater Manchester intuitively, involuntarily. Even as someone who’s never once set foot in Great Britain, I’ve always felt I could viscerally relate to exactly where bands from the north of England were coming from. While I might not quite relate […]

These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix. But the slop being served on Netflix — Falling for Christmas, Best. Christmas. Ever!, Christmas with You, to […]

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday about a deal to keep TikTok operational in the U.S. Trump mentioned on Thursday that the U.S. and China were close to a deal regarding the social media platform. The Associated Press reported that the two leaders are also expected to […]