Tues, 8 March 2016, 11:30 am: Two hours and twenty minutes after curtsying to the Queen’s likenesses at Gatwick Airport, I finally emerge onto proper London ground. Yes, it really does take that long to get through passport check, retrieve…

Tues, 8 March 2016, 11:30 am: Two hours and twenty minutes after curtsying to the Queen’s likenesses at Gatwick Airport, I finally emerge onto proper London ground. Yes, it really does take that long to get through passport check, retrieve…
Tues, 9 March 2016, 9:10 am: Her Majesty was there to greet me when I deplaned at Gatwick Airport. The giant twin portraits of Queen Elizabeth depict her on the left early in her reign and on the right at…
Mon, 7 March 2016, 11:25 pm: One of the tracks on BLACK AND WHITE, the acclaimed 1978 album The Stranglers performed in its entirety on their just-wrapped UK tour, is “In the Shadows.” I find that a fitting title for…