REVIEW: CITY OF RAVENS BY Boria Sax

Last summer I went to the Tower of London.  There I made a number of unexpected discoveries, although if I had ever stopped to think about it would have seemed rather obvious.  For instance, there are several buildings that make up the “tower”, the oldest and most famous being the White Tower.  It isn’t really…

REVIEW: SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (2012)

This is the best movie of the year (at least, so far). It’s charming but not saccharine, sweeping but not grandiose. As it is based upon a book, story is paramount. It is from Lasse Halstrom, the director of Chocolat, after all. Emily Blunt plays Harriet Chetwode-Talbot, a smart, sleek and organized asset manager. Her portfolio…

REVIEW: THE QUEEN – A LIFE IN BRIEF

By Robert Lacey This is certainly London’s time to shine.  A fabulous royal wedding last year, a Summer   Olympics in just a few weeks plus Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee!  She is only the second monarch to have reigned over Britain and its commonwealths for 60 years (Queen Victoria being the first). This small…